An untidy, badly run house will ruin any marriage and is a disgrace to any intelligent woman.

Early risers are conceited in the morning and stupid in the afternoon.

Never try to make Americans or foreigners feel at home - had they wished to feel at home, they would have remained in their own county.

When my worldwas nothing but darknessI set my soul on fire.

You leave home, I have learned, counting the trip day by day. If you ever get to return, you count the trip miracle by miracle.

We say sound things when we do not strive to say to say extraordinary ones.

All means prove but blunt instruments, if they have not behind them a living spirit.

Writing is a difficult trade which must be learned slowly by reading great authors; by trying at the outset to imitate them; by daring then to be original; by destroying one's first productions.

I'm a huge believer in science. But I don't think it explains everything.

It is a comfortable feeling to know that you stand on your own ground. Land is about the only thing that can't fly away.

Its okay to have a job that fits your passions, we don't have to suffer for money.

Wouldn't it be a tragedy to get to the top of the ladder and find you placed it against the wrong wall?

We travel the world, and our right to free speech is precious.