Emotion is the timbre of thought.

You can do anything…but before you can do anything, you have to do something.

Sometimes, if your opponent is determined to win the battle, let him win the wrong battle.

Regarding war and peace—the seed of each is planted in the other.

Regarding war and peace—the seeds of each are planted in the other.

All too often, our elegant political theories amount to nothing more than ideology triumphing over common sense.

We recognize authority based on whether we feel we could attain authority by the rules by which the authority was obtained.

Cooler heads prevail while things spin completely out of control.

Note from Alien cookbook: “The more intelligent the human is, the better it tastes.

If you can’t be brave in the face of adversity, at least be practical.

Amazing how too much passion in one part of your life can destroy passion in other parts of your life.

I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom

Music is energy. A mood, atmosphere. Feeling.

that we die, our very humanity slayed, whenever we choose to remain silent in the face of tyranny.

See for yourself whether letting go when a part of you really wants to hold on doesn't bring a deeper satisfaction than clinging.

I am really looking forward as I get older and older, to being less and less nice.

Nicknames are potent ways of cutting people down to size.

So from the housing standpoint, steady as you go, I think, would be the best medicine.

She never sets foot out of her apartment or her past.

One of my problems is to find the self.

That memory made a lump form in my throat as I remembered his face, serious and gorgeous, those brown eyes intense and passionate as he spoke up for me and convinced the others of my value.