As another has well said to handicap a student by teaching him that his black face is a curse and that his struggle to change his condition is hopeless is the worst sort of lynching.

The only difference between me and others is that they think they can change something with cute little poems nice cards or embracing trees and being nice to little lapdogs.

No one can persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another either by argument or emotional appeal.

God give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed courage to change the things which should be changed and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.

Of course there is no question that Libya - and the world - will be better off with Gaddafi out of power. I along with many other world leaders have embraced that goal and will actively pursue it through non-military means. But broadening our military mission to include regime change would be a mistake.

When you blame others you give up your power to change.

If you believe that feeling bad or worrying long enough will change a past or future event then you are residing on another planet with a different reality system.

Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.

For having lived long I have experienced many instances of being obliged by better information or fuller consideration to change opinions even on important subjects which I once thought right but found to be otherwise.

It behooves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself to resist invasions of it in the case of others: or their case may by change of circumstances become his own.

We are taught you must blame your father your sisters your brothers the school the teachers - but never blame yourself. It's never your fault. But it's always your fault because if you wanted to change you're the one who has got to change.

If you accept the expectations of others especially negative ones then you never will change the outcome.

What we call progress is the exchange of one nuisance for another nuisance.

People change and forget to tell each other.

One change always leaves the way open for the establishment of others.

All changes even the most longed for have their melancholy for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves we must die to one life before we can enter another.

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.

Since my induction into the Sports Hall of Fame I have wanted to have my No. 3 Chevy on exhibit for sports fans to see. I hope others will enjoy the car as much as I have.

Driving with one foot on the accelerator and the other on the brake is likely to get you nowhere but certainly will burn out vital parts of your car. Similarly cutting taxes on the middle class but increasing them on the 'rich' is likely to result in an economic burnout.

I am really looking forward to driving another of my father?s car at the show in Rotterdam.

Doorman - a genius who can open the door of your car with one hand help you in with the other and still have one left for the tip.

Since September 11 security has been increased everywhere and we have new IDs to get on to the Fox lot. I drove to the security gate but realized I'd left my ID in my other car. I just broke into that voice - 'Hey man I'm Bart Simpson. Who else sounds like this?' The guard waved me through.

You can't show me an ad on TV with hard bodies and say I have to buy that car. You have to tell me why that car is better and safer than another car.

Later my father died up in Marysville. So my mother and I got in the car and came down to Hollywood.