“Aviation is proof that given the will, we have the capacity to achieve the impossible."(1890-1973), American aviator”

“I would rather have a million friends than a million dollars.”

“Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage 
unless you're scared.”

“So the American government lied to the Native Americans for many, many years, and then President Clinton lied about a relationship, and everyone was surprised! A little naïve, I feel!”

“The easiest way for Americans to make sense of Chinese history is to compare everything to Jewish history. There's an analogue for everything. Torah: Analects. Curly sideburns: long ponytails. Mantou: bagels.”

“We must have been hunters and gatherers but some of us were just waiters and hopers.”

“A hanging, though, was something different. I got to thinking. We hadn’t never been to nothing just to have a good time. A hanging was special and we was all getting to go.”