I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don't think about my work in those terms. It is just as vulgar to work for the sake of posterity as to work for the sake of money.

No longer shall I paint interiors with men reading and women knitting. I will paint living people who breathe and feel and suffer and love.

The ideas gained by men before they are twenty-five are practically the only ideas they shall have in their lives.

I shall never be a heretic I may err in dispute but I do not wish to decide anything finally on the other hand I am not bound by the opinions of men.

Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.

Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.

In life we shall find many men that are great and some that are good but very few men that are both great and good.

Today I will vote in support of the Marriage Protection Amendment. I shall do so because like President Bush I strongly believe that marriage should be between a man and a woman.

So far 44 States or 88 percent of the States have enacted laws providing that marriage shall consist of a union between a man and a woman. Only 75 percent of the States are required to approve a constitutional amendment.

Behold my friends the spring is come the earth has gladly received the embraces of the sun and we shall soon see the results of their love!