Do not trust any statistics you did not fake yourself.

The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.

Diplomacy is the art of telling people to go to hell in such a way that they ask for directions.

There is nothing government can give you that it hasn't taken from you in the first place.

Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.

You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision.

A nation that forgets its past has no future.

For a novelist, a given historic situation is an anthropologic laboratory in which he explores his basic question: What is human existence?

You don't always get stronger on the days that everything comes easily to you.

I could have been an architect, but I don't think I'd have been very happy. Nearly all modern architecture is a silly game as far as I can see.

My dad keeps referring to me playing the piano when he's trying to teach me something in archery.

Someone should make a Kickstarter to get Taylor Swift a booty.

Be bold, be bold, and everywhere be bold.

What you already know is merely a good departure point.

A lot of films in Canada are subsidized by the government, and compared to a studio, the government really stays out of your face creatively.

You have to stand up for some things in this world.

If i were asked to say what is at once the most important production of Art and the thing most to be longed for, I should answer, A beautiful House.