Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be.

The time to relax is when you don't have time for it.

The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.

Our dilemma is that we hate change and love it at the same time; what we really want is for things to remain the same but get better.

When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?'

Happiness is a direction, not a place.

History repeats itself, but in such cunning disguise that we never detect the resemblance until the damage is done.

The three hardest tasks in the world are neither physical feats nor intellectual achievements, but moral acts: to return love for hate, to include the excluded, and to say, 'I was wrong'.

There's no point in burying a hatchet if you're going to put up a marker on the site.

Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.

The two words 'information' and 'communication' are often used interchangeably, but they signify quite different things. Information is giving out; communication is getting through.

Or is it that slow paced evil creeps in when it espies and envies happiness, and then takes a deliberate foul delight in spoiling it?

Treat each other with respect, even if other people can only look at the colour of your eyes.

Domestic violence isn't funny, especially if you live together.

Most Americans would say that they disapproved of violence. But what they really mean is that they believe it should be the monopoly of the state.

I don't let guys do hickeys. That's like a dog marking his territory or something.

The display is the computer.

Obeying the rules might be smart, but it's not as nearly as much fun.

If you want to know how many prison cells to build, look at the number of third graders who can't read.

You can't just do cheap CGI and think that's going to work. It doesn't.

Your body is sacred. You’re far more precious than diamonds and pearls, and you should be covered too.