Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil. Our great hope lies in developing what is good.

Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds.

When small men attempt great enterprises they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity.

What great thing would you attempt if you knew you could not fail?

I'd rather attempt to do something great and fail than to attempt to do nothing and succeed.

Pretty much at all times music motivates me. How can I say this without sounding in any way proud of myself? Obviously I've always written songs that are critical of our government and talk about our times. Hopefully you attempt to be timeless while doing it.

No way no how did I break into NORAD. That's a complete myth. And I never attempted to access anything considered to be classified government systems.

Common sense tells us that the government's attempts to solve large problems more often create new ones. Common sense also tells us that a top-down one-size-fits-all plan will not improve the workings of a nationwide health-care system that accounts for one-sixth of our economy.

Whatever you may think of the proposed mosque and community center lost in the heat of the debate has been a basic question: Should government attempt to deny private citizens the right to build a house of worship on private property based on their particular religion?

Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt.