Courage has to do with controlling fear and it seems to me that focus has a way of overcoming anxiety.

Feith had achieved the reputation in some military circles as 'the dumbest . . . guy on the planet.'

I have said a lot in the past and now I think it is best that I do not comment on what I think when I look at President Bush!

We're in fact on plan. And where we stand today is not, in my view, only acceptable but truly remarkable.

America decided we were going to stand by and let Americans die at the hands of terrorists a long time ago

The western world, the free world, loses what it cherishes most, and that is freedom and liberty we've seen for a couple of hundred years in this grand experiment that we call democracy.

As I look at President Bush, I think he will ultimately be judged as a man of extremely high character.

If terrorists succeeded in using a weapon of mass destruction against the U.S. or one of our allies, it would likely have catastrophic consequences for our cherished republican form of government.

I remember when I was a private soldier. I remember the days when I was taken care of and when I was not taken care of.

I'm not a fan almost anywhere of announcing to the enemy of what I'm going to do.

The only time a dead certainty applies is in a dream world.

Share too much and someone can hurt you.

Education stimulates self-study.

Erith, " he said and bowed his head. Her blue-black hair hung to her hips in soft waves.

It is important to continue working toward creating the archetype of the self-rescuing princess, empowering girls through depictions of women in STEM.

Because I'm the author of my screenplays I know what I'm looking for. It's true that I can be stubborn in demanding that I get what I want, but it's also a question of working with patience and love.

Your first job is to prepare the soil. The best tool for this is your neighbor's garden tiller. If your neighbor does not own a garden tiller, suggest that he buy one.

I thought I had been a suffragist before I became a Poor Law Guardian, but now I began to think about the vote in women's hands not only as a right but as a desperate necessity.

Write the best story that you can and write it as straight as you can.

The two Virtues of Equanimity and Compassion become more available to the person whose ego-shell has been smashed-either by great suffering or by great love-or by both.

It's a strange courage you give me ancient star: Shine alone in the sunrise toward which you lend no part!