All the whispering, glaring, pointing and judging makes them no better than whoever or whatever it is they're gossiping about.

It is not the success, but it is the failures that make us stronger and more resilient.

This is not to say, there never comes a day I'll take my chances and start again. And when I look behind on all my younger times, I'll have to thank the wrongs that led me to a love so strong.

It seems sometimes as if one were powerless to do any more from within to overcome troubles and that help must come from without.

The average family pays more in taxes than it spends on food, clothing, and shelter combined.

Freedom of the press and also of speech, assembly, and worship can persist as social forms and legal guarantees, while at the same time their functional realities can be gradually slipping away.

Then there was the whole concept of coal mining, which is a culture unto itself, the most dangerous occupation in the world, and which draws and develops a certain kind of man.

She just dropped it and ran!!

I'm try[ing] to catch up on my work and you know I keep my eyes on the road, but I'm a busy man.

When your art fails, make better art.

I was against impunity when it comes to human rights violations. But many of us African leaders now want to leave the Rome Statute as soon as possible because of this Western arrogance.