But the task is beyond me because I hold it impossible to compress in a sentence or two the complicated and prodigious contributions Sam Rayburn has made as an individual, as a legislator, as a statesman and as a leader and conciliator, to the majestic progress of this Nation.

I pay my personal tribute to Sam Rayburn, stalwart Texan and great American, not only because today he establishes a record of having served as Speaker of the House of Representatives more than twice as long as Henry Clay, but because of the contributions he has made to the welfare of the people of the Nation during his almost half century of service as a Member of Congress.

Sam Rayburn is one of the greatest American public figures in the history of our country and I consider that I have been singly honored in the privilege of knowing Sam Rayburn and sharing with him the rights and obligations of a Member of the House of Representatives in the Congress of the United States.

I prefer to speak, however, of Sam Rayburn, the person, rather than Sam Rayburn, the American institution.

On September 16, Sam Rayburn will have served as Speaker twice as long as any predecessor and I am proud to join with others in marking this date, and in expressing my esteem for that notable American, Sam Rayburn.

And he waited for her to say, `` Oh, no, I can do it, Sam.

Sam, I thought you knew everything about Tokyo.

Paddy Chayefsky's Academy Award-winning Marty was the most notable examination of working class Bronx life was also explored by Chayefsky in his 1956 film The Catered Affair, and in the 1993 Robert De Niro / Chazz Palminteri film, A Bronx Tale, Spike Lee's 1999 movie Summer of Sam, centered in an Italian-American Bronx community, 1994's I Like It Like That that takes place in the predominately Puerto Rican neighborhood of the South Bronx, and Doughboys, the story of two Italian-American brothers in danger of losing their bakery thanks to one brother's gambling debts.

She also recorded a cover version of the Beatles ' song " Mother Nature's Son " for the film I Am Sam.

The album produced two singles, including " I Thank You ," a cover of a song recorded by Sam & Dave, and " Cheap Sunglasses.

Sam Loyd's Book of Tangram Puzzles ( The 8th Book of Tan Part I ).

" Turner " communicated the great work laid out for me to do, to four in whom I had the greatest confidence " – his fellow slaves Henry, Hark, Nelson, and Sam.

" My Sam Gamgee is indeed a reflexion of the English soldier, of the privates and batmen I knew in the 1914 war, and recognised as so far superior to myself ".

I can only say, for your comfort, I hope, that the ' Sam Gamgee ' of my story is a most heroic character, now widely beloved by many readers, even though his origins are rustic.

When he received the command to smite Amalek ( I Sam.

Harsh as it seems the command to blot out Amalek's memory, its justification was seen in the leniency shown by King Saul, the son of Kish, to Agag, the king of the Amalekites ( I Sam.

* Sam Waksal: I Was Arrogant, CBS News, October 2, 2003

But I said to myself, ' You can't do that, Sam.

`` I could use some help '', Morgan said finally, `` but I can't afford to pay you anything.

I guess you'd better go on in the morning ''.

`` I've been mucking in a mine in the San Juan, but I used to work on a ranch.

`` I know '', Jones said dejectedly.

You fell down in front of the house, and I carried you in.

I gave you a drink and then you went to sleep ''.

`` I don't have many strays coming to my front door '', he said.

It's not much of a meal, but it's what I eat ''.

`` Mr. Morgan, it's the best-looking food I ever saw ''.

When they were finally satisfied, Jones said, `` I think he's going to give us work ''.

She said, `` I guess the Lord looks out for fools, drunkards, and innocents ''.

`` I mean, we don't have any way to get there and we can't expect you to quit work just to take us to town ''.

`` I get up early.

He stopped, embarrassed, and Morgan said, `` I understand that, but I don't savvy why you'd go off and leave your jobs in the first place ''.

I believed him.

I didn't understand why, Clay.

`` All my life '', he said, `` I tried.

I tried.

I saw you driftin away -- but I tried.

And you wanted no part of me when I had so much to give.

God in Heaven, I can't refuse you now.

There's someone there I have to see.

Finally, in The Maltese Falcon among others, the clash between detective and police is carried to its logical conclusion: Sam Spade becomes the chief murder suspect.

A perceptive journalist, Sam Lubell, has phrased it in the title of one of his books as the revolt of the moderates.

In 1945, probably almost every American not only knew who Sam Spade was, but had some kind of emotional feeling about him.

Everyone knows that private detectives in real life are not like Sam Spade and Pat Novak, but the real and the imaginary musician are closely linked.

Sam Rayburn was a good man, a good American, and, third, a good Democrat.

Mr. Speaker, Mr. Sam, and Mr. Democrat, at one and the same time.

Sam Rayburn took unnumbered secrets with him to the grave, for he was never loquacious, and his word, once given, was not subject to retraction.

To almost two generations of Americans it must have seemed as though the existence of Mr. Sam coincided with that of the House.

Mr. Truman has only to recall the `` hopeless '' campaign of 1948 to remember what a loyal partisan he was and the first experience of Mr. Kennedy with Congress would have been sadder than it was had not Mr. Sam been there.

Under any name -- Mr. Speaker, Mr. Democrat, Mr. Sam -- he was a good man.

And he said, `` The same fellow who has been running it, Sam Rayburn ''.

It is notably significant that so many Members from both sides of the aisle express their respect and admiration for our beloved Speaker, the Honorable Sam Rayburn.

May the Divine Speaker in Heaven bless this country with Sam Rayburn's continued service here for years to come.

It is a matter of deep personal satisfaction for me to add my voice to the great and distinguished chorus of my colleagues in this paean of praise, respect, and affection for Speaker Sam Rayburn.

It seems to me that the prayers of the whole free world must rise like some vast petition to Providence that Sam Rayburn's vigor and his life remain undiminished through the coming decades.

What Sam Rayburn's life proves to us all is the magnificent lesson in political science that one can devotedly and with absolute dedication represent the seemingly provincial interests of one's own community, one's own district, one's own State, and by that help himself represent even better the sweep and scope of the problems of this the greatest nation of all time.

For Sam Rayburn never forgot Bonham, his home community, and he never forgot Texas.

For what Sam Rayburn's life in this House teaches us is that loyalty and character are not divisive and there is no such thing as being for your country and neglecting your district.

This may not be the greatest but it certainly comes close to being the greatest lesson Sam Rayburn's career, up to this hour, teaches all of us who would aspire to distinction in political life under our processes of government.

More than that, Sam Rayburn is the very living symbol of an iron-clad integrity so powerful in his nature and so constantly demonstrated that he can count some of his best friends in the opposition.

Sam Rayburn has never had to look back at any of his most devastating fights and ever feel ashamed of his conduct as a combatant under fire or his political manners in the heat of conflicting ambitions.

All but two of my nine terms in the House of Representatives has been served under the Speakership of Sam Rayburn.

And Sam Rayburn is a great man -- one who will go down in American history as a truly great leader of the Nation.