Anyone who consistently makes you feel bad is not helping you get better.

I have never met an author who was sorry he or she wrote a book. They are only sorry they did not write it sooner.

Bullies are masters at holding others responsible for their misbehavior. Instead of claiming "the devil made me do it", they argue "You made me do it".

Mistakes are the doorway to discovery.

Occasional kindness does not cancel out cruelty. Hitting is never acceptable under any circumstances.

Mistakes are doorways to discovery.

A closed mouth gathers no feet.

If they can't repeat it, they didn't get it.

People don't want information; they want epiphanies.

It's hard to stay on purpose if we don't know what our purpose is.

One sign of an excellent speech? 'Can people repeat something they heard, word for word?'

Disco's are tricky. You look a total wally if you dance too early but after one crucial song tips the disco over, you look a sad saddo if you don't.

My country has been very good to me I must be good to my country.

I'm not afraid of being thought of as someone who is associated with film music. Why not? If it's a good song, what does it matter?

If we use less, if we consume less, we're going to have more

Columbus dreamed of an unknown shore at the rim of a far flung sky.

There is sublime thieving in all giving. Someone gives us all he has and we are his.

I am living in Norway, where I am under the care of the best cancer doctor in Norway and I can be closer to my family.

The very concept of universal formal education is a product (and a relatively late product) of the capitalist world-economy.

[Progressives] think the Constitution is like Felix the Cat's magic bag: Look in there long enough and hard enough, and you can find anything.

These enthusiasts often like to hang signs that say "Gone Fishin'" or "Gone Huntin'". But what these slogans really mean is "Gone Killing.