After all, Sergios was not all bad. He was tough, ruthless, arrogant and selfish, but while he might have the morals of an alley cat, he had been remarkably kind to her mother.

You can play it safe, and I wouldn't blame you for it. You can continue as you've been doing, and you'll survive, but is that what you want? Is that enough?

It's all mirror, mirror on the wall because beauty is power the same way money is power the same way a gun is power.

We'll build new ties of trade and of commerce, culture and education that unleash the potential of the Iraqi people.

If we lack confidence in each other, and be jealous of each other, our peace will be destroyed. If we cultivate the principles of unshaken confidence in each other, our joy will be full.

When your persona begins to take over your music and becomes more important, you enter a dangerous place. Once you have people around you who don't question you, you're in a dangerous place.

When in doubt take a bath

Burn shavings and splinters of pitch pine, and when they turn to charcoal, put them out, and pound them into mortar with size. This will make a pretty black for fresco painting.

We know that advanced economies with stable governments that borrow in their own currency are capable of running up very high levels of debt without crisis.

Like ultraviolet rays memory shows to each man in the book of life a script that invisibly and prophetically glosses the text.