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I was brought up in an era when thrift was still considered a virtue.

Be thrifty, but not covetous.

The debt we owe to the play of imagination is incalculable.

I was gifted with a life that was full of adventure. I've always believed, if you're gifted, that it's incumbent not to think about giving something back.

Today, as we look back on the history of our nation and take note of how far we have come as a people, we are reminded that we owe a great debt to those who fought valiantly for the freedoms that we easily take for granted.

It's not a real adventure when you have to pay for it.

Believe me, 'tis a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic virtue.

Without this playing with fantasy no creative work has ever yet come to birth. The debt we owe to the play of the imagination is incalculable.

It is not from your own goods that you give to the beggar; it is a portion of his own that you are restoring to him. The Earth belongs to all. So you are paying back a debt and think you are making a gift to which you are not bound.