As the tree is bent, so it will grow.

Tide goes in, tide goes out. Never a miscommunication. You can't explain that. You can't explain why the tide goes in.

There is a point where political correctness becomes an acid that erodes freedom.

We live in an age where truth really doesn't matter anymore.

Yeah, I'm obnoxious, yeah, I cut people off, yeah, I'm rude. You know why? Because you're busy.

And guys, if you exploit a girl, it will come back to get you. That's called 'karma.'

Get punctual, bring energy and creativity to your work, and stay with a project until it's completed (and then double-check the results). These habits will make you indispensable.

We are all born with a grab bag of gifts and gaps. Identify your true talents, then find out how to use them to make money.

I don't care about the Constitution! The Constitution isn't here; you're here. Don't be a pinhead.

The more laws that governments pass, the less individual freedom there is. Any student of history will tell you that. Totalitarian countries ban pretty much everything.

Your mom was right when she told you never to discuss politics and religion because emotions run so high in those arenas. Especially religion.

Step one, accept she was a damn boss. Step two, hide all the knives, guns, and maybe the pillows, too.

Imitation is human intelligence in its most dynamic aspect.

People say history is boring, and that is true because people are boring. We haven't changed since time began. We're still the same.

The only thing at the back of my mind is longevity, and I'm really lucky that I've constantly been in work since I left drama school.

The evolutionary epic is ... the best myth we will ever have.

I am very proud of the fact that many workers in my Gau, numerous former Communists and Social Democrats were won over by us and became local group leaders and Party functionaries.

The huge capacity to purchase submission that goes with any large sum of money, well, this we have. This is a power of which we should all be aware.

The desire to be part of something greater and to occupy life more fully, is also a desire to touch and be touched by the living imagination that sustains each soul and all of life.

One sees qualities at a distance and defects at close range.

Malice often takes the garb of truth.