“The question of armaments, whether on land or sea, is the most immedia...” — Woodrow Wilson Quote

“The question of armaments, whether on land or sea, is the most immediately and intensely practical question connected with the future fortunes of nations and of mankind.”

“America is not anything if it consists of each of us. It is something only if it consists of all of us.”

“Caution is the confidential agent of selfishness.”

“The only use of an obstacle is to be overcome. All that an obstacle does with brave men is, not to frighten them, but to challenge them.”

“So far as the colleges go, the sideshows are swallowing up the circus.”

“Property as compared with humanity, as compared with the red blood in the American people, must take second place, not first place.”

“I know once people get connected to real food, they never change back.”

“For me, whenever I would see a lot of 'black films,' I didn't feel represented in it. I didn't feel connected to the characters or the situations or the humor.”

“The cool thing about the smaller gigs - it's the intimacy. You really feel connected to the crowd.”

“I am connected to the past in a way that keeps me going forward. Every leap forward that I make is by reaching back and firmly getting a footing in the past, and pushing forward as hard as I can.”

“I've always seen places as being very deeply connected to the experience that people have in those places. I think that probably comes through very much in my books.”

“I do tend to feel more connected to dead writers, perhaps because they have finished their work.”