A dead eagle he might have buried, but he had chosen rather to light a fire for a phoenix.

He sat staring before him, seeing nothing but a long line of Mortimers, inexhaustable and prolific to the end of time.

The best preservative to keep the mind in health is the faithful admonition of a friend.

B.I.B.L.E. = Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth.

Heaven breathes thro' ev'ry member of the whole One common blessing, as one common soul.

When you continue to give without receiving, the only thing you are proving is that you know how to be taken advantage of.

I literally went from being unable to play my rent to being on a plane the next day, being paid peanuts.

I believe we are the only sentient beings in the universe, and I believe that 500 years from now, we will still be the only sentient beings around.

Love opens the doors into everything, as far as I can see, including and perhaps most of all, the door into one's own secret, and often terrible and frightening, real self.

In matters of the heart it is always better to want something you don't have than to have something you don't want.

Technology is not simply additive; it is more often exponential. An invention usually triggers other inventions.

When I was growing up in Iraq, there was an unbroken belief in progress and a great sense of optimism. It was a moment of nation building.