"I write probably 80 percent of my stuff over the winter"

"In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer"

"Long stormy spring-time, wet contentious April, winter chilling the lap of very May; but at length the season of summer does come"

"As sure as the spring will follow the winter, prosperity and economic growth will follow recession"

"I have never seen snow and do not know what winter means"

"I have a total irreverence for anything connected with society except that which makes the roads safer, the beer stronger, the food cheaper and the old men and old women warmer in the winter and happier in the summer"

"For the first time in 15 years, Georgia this winter has its electric power guaranteed without deficit. This is a historic achievement"

"We are all treading the vanishing road of a song in the air, the vanishing road of the spring flowers and the winter snows, the vanishing roads of the winds and the streams, the vanishing road of beloved faces"

"From the bitter cold winter at Valley Forge, to the mountains of Afghanistan and the deserts of Iraq, our soldiers have courageously answered when called, gone where ordered, and defended our nation with honor"

"I think winter wear is communal. You get some gloves and a scarf from a lost-and-found box, wash them, wear them for a while until you lose them. Then somebody else does the same thing"

"While I relish our warm months, winter forms our character and brings out our best"