Every nation has a moral obligation to safeguard the future.

Sunshine, lollipops and rainbows, everything that's wonderful, Is sure to come your way

A zebra does not change its spots.

Our form of democracy is bribery, on the highest scale.

We know that he has stored secret supplies of biological and chemical weapons throughout his country.

There's a lot to be said for being nouveau riche, and the Reagans mean to say it all.

The unfed mind devours itself.

We are the United States of Amnesia, we learn nothing because we remember nothing.

Democracy is supposed to give you the feeling of choice, like Painkiller X and Painkiller Y. But they're both just aspirin.

Write something, even if it's just a suicide note.

When people meet me I think they're surprised to find out I'm not always angst-ridden.

Companionship is a foreign concept to some people. They fear it as much as the majority of people fear loneliness.

Let her go to Italy!" he cried. "Let her meddle with what she doesn't understand!

A foreign observer is struck by our gentleness: by the orderly behaviour of the English crowds, the lack of pushing and quarrelling, the willingness to form queues.

There is sorrow in the world, but goodness too; and goodness that is not greenness, either, no more than sorrow is.

Every endeavour pursued with passion produces a successful outcome, regardless of the result. For it is not about winning or losing – rather, the effort put forth in producing the outcome.

That is ridiculous," she said. The king agreed. "Like falling in love with a landslide. Only you could fail to notice.

I think it's dangerous to be optimistic. Things could go terribly wrong virtually overnight

No one was going to stop me from writing and no one had to really guide me towards science fiction. It was natural, really, that I would take that interest.

Conservation is a cause that has no end. There is no point at which we will say our work is finished.

Last year we drove across the country...We had one cassette tape to listen to on the entire trip... I don't remember what it was.