A chance is what you take before you think about it. A calculated risk is what you take after you have evaluated all possible factors and have determined that risk

As a camera is an instrument that teaches us how to see when we don't have a camera, writing is a process that teaches how to think when we are not writing.

You don't need to look smart for the one who loves you a lot

I don't know anything about propaganda for Chinese reunification. I only know about charity and environmental work. I just want to do good.

Most of the time, we think fast. And most of the time we're really expert at what we're doing, and most of the time, what we do is right.

I'm not always really calm, but I try not to get taken away by things that are incredibly transitory.

Mysterious in the light of day, nature retains her veil, despite our clamours: That which she does not willingly display cannot be wrenched from her with levers, screws and hammers.

And as an ev'ning dragon came, Assailant on the perched roosts And nests in order rang'd Of tame villatic fowl.

[T]he politically correct are above the rules of ordinary civility, once they have identified you as an unbeliever in their religion.

There should be a name for the syndrome that occurs when you're in Paris and you already miss it.

It was like she was MADE of cake, light and pretty and decorated on the outside-with her sweet laugh and pink streak to her hair-but it was anyone's guess what was on the inside.