Books of quotations ... afford me one of the most undemanding but satisfying forms of reading pleasure.

The art of communication is the language of leadership.

Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.

If you set your goals ridiculously high and it's a failure, you will fail above everyone else's success.

Every time you have to speak, you are auditioning for leadership.

A river cuts through rock, not because of its power, but because of its persistence.

One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you can't utter.

People trample over flowers, yet only to embrace a cactus.

The great appear great to us.

The Irish people will only be free, when they own everything from the plough to the stars

[S]ometimes, a fight you cannot win is still worth fighting.

The shattering of a heart when being broken is the loudest quiet ever.

It is quite gratifying to feel guilty if you haven't done anything wrong: how noble! Whereas it is rather hard and certainly depressing to admit guilt and to repent.

A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God.

Truly we have had enough experience with sufferance and protection which could be revoked at will. Consequently, the only reasonable Course of action is to work for publicly legalized guarantees.

People who can't be witty exert themselves to be devout and affectionate.

Terrorism is global and can come from even remote countries.

Even if they knew the truth of their own feelings, most mothers would be socially and emotionally incapable of revealing it.

If you pay attention to the world, it’s an amazing place. If you don’t, it’s whatever you think it is.

Grammar schools are public schools without the sodomy.