America's strength is not our diversity our strength is our ability to unite people of different backgrounds around common principles. A common language is necessary to reach that goal.

There comes a pause for human strength will not endure to dance without cessation and everyone must reach the point at length of absolute prostration.

I pick projects according to how fascinating they are to me and it has resulted in a broad reach. My records are actually in five different sports: balloons airplanes airships gliders and sailboats.

In sports people reach their peak very early. You have to move on. I don't know if I will ever surpass what I did at the Olympics but I'm still doing the work I always wanted to do.

We should reach out to people to try to go after the fans the way other sports do. Because we can't just depend on the fact that it is a great game.

When I was 40 my doctor advised me that a man in his 40s shouldn't play tennis. I heeded his advice carefully and could hardly wait until I reached 50 to start again.

America must be the teacher of democracy not the advertiser of the consumer society. It is unrealistic for the rest of the world to reach the American living standard.

American society as a whole can never achieve the outer-reaches of potential so long as it tolerates the inner cities of despair.

Society can overlook murder adultery or swindling it never forgives preaching of a new gospel.

My role in society or any artist's or poet's role is to try and express what we all feel. Not to tell people how to feel. Not as a preacher not as a leader but as a reflection of us all.