Diamonds are intrinsically worthless, except for the deep psychological need they fill.

I'm a great believer that, if you know how to operate in Africa, there are unbelievable opportunities.

Because I am an African I reserve the right to say that Africa does not exist simply to make people in this country [the UK], or anywhere else in the developed world, feel good about themselves.

The meaning of everything that occurs in your life is decided by the frame you put around it.

Who would awaken the past? It shines like a sunriseAnd cuts like a fine blade.

Almost anything can be funny if said the right way - but it has to be said the right way.

One reason why people are unable to understand great Christian classics is that they are trying to understand without any intention of obeying them.

We also have no incentive compensation of any kind. And the reason we don’t is because it is detrimental to teamwork.

I don't like Larry Merchant. He thinks he knows everything about a sport that he was never in. He walks around with papers and studies what he writes, he just pisses you off.

This isn't just an unhappy planet. Sometimes very good things can happen.

I try to create sympathy for my characters, then turn the monsters loose.

Be a listener only, keep within yourself, and endeavor to establish with yourself the habit of silence, especially in politics.

If one person has a right to something he did not earn, of necessity it requires that another person not have a right to something that he did earn.