"[The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge] is a triumph of simplicity and restraint."
"My speech will soon be forgotten; yours never will be. How gladly would I exchange my hundred pages for your twenty lines."
"I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet."
"Nobody sees a flower really; it is so small. We haven't time, and to see takes time — like to have a friend takes time."
"I think age is a very high price to pay for maturity."
"I hope we may say that thus, this fateful morning, came to an end all wars."