All wars are fought twice, the first time on the battlefield, the second time in memory.

I believe our clever young man has intuited that while only the pursuit of happiness is promised to all Americans, unhappiness is guaranteed for many.

This feat I also had no idea how to accomplish, but ignorance had never stopped me from taking action before.

no one asks poor people if they want war.

...nothing is more precious than independence and freedom...

He responded with one of those looks of pity and amusement I was by now so used to getting, the kind that implied not only was my fly undone, but that there was nothing to see even if it was.

give a woman the chance to reject something else besides me

Quoting Nguyen Du - Talent and destiny are apt to feud.

Did we salivate for sadness, or had we only learned to enjoy what we were forced to eat?

Some animals could see in the dark, but it was only humans who deliberately sought out every possible route into the darkness of our own interiors.

While it is better to be loved than hated, it is also far better to be hated than ignored.

Life gives us problems not to break us but to test our strength!

Often the best gifts we can give each other cost nothing.

You want to come back to the bank vault?” Jack says.The bank vault. That’s what Jack calls his house.

The artist is the only one qualified to criticize his art, because only the artist knows what he was trying to express and how satisfied he is with the attempt.

My father always had people around the house who were famous psychics.

Canada is today the most successful pluralist society on the face of our globe, without any doubt in my mind... That is something unique to Canada. It is an amazing global human asset.

I'm not everyone's cup of tea, but that's the great part: I don't have to be.

We asked ourselves and the world to base decisions on good science, and I really believe the United States can be the leader in delivering that message to our international trading partners.

What we do today has nothing to do with capitalism or socialism. It is a crony type of system that transfers money to the coffers of bureaucrats.

Instead of trying to cover the whole world with leather, put on some sandals.