A man is about as big as the things that make him angry.

The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.

Diplomacy is the art of telling people to go to hell in such a way that they ask for directions.

There is nothing government can give you that it hasn't taken from you in the first place.

Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.

You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision.

A nation that forgets its past has no future.

Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition.

Perhaps the media may not always be telling what to think, but it is always telling you what to think about.

Meat consumption is just as dangerous to public health as tobacco use... It's time we looked into holding the meat producers and fast-food outlets legally accountable.

Cinema is much more than heroes and villains.

Don't put labels on people. See them as people who Christ died for.

The National Academy of Sciences would be unable to give a unanimous decision if asked whether the sun would rise tomorrow.

For years after 'The Last Waltz,' I got all kinds of silly movie offers - or, maybe, not silly, but parts that are not my calling lots of offers to play some wonderful boyfriend.

God gave me wisdom, but the devil's got style.

Works of imagination should be written in very plain language; the more purely imaginative they are the more necessary it is to be plain.

I am convinced that the modular structure of the Mir will be the main trend in manned orbital stations development in the next century