Generalizations, like brooms, ought not to stand in a corner forever; they ought to sweep as a matter of course.

All the nationalists are wasms - except one, the most powerful of this century, indeed, of the entire democratic age, which is nationalism.

Even one billion Chinese do not a superpower make.

But then history does not only consist of documents.

I've met talespinners before, Jake, and they're all cut more or less from the same cloth. They tell tales because they're afraid of life.

Your propensity to succeed in life is largely dependent on your understanding of the concept, your ability to discover your purpose, and your willingness to pursue and act on your purpose.

I think our lives are surely but the dreamsOf spirits, dwelling in the distant spheres, Who as we die, do one by one awake.

Some seeksolace inwhiskey, I drown mysorrowsin ink.

I hate champagne more than anything in the world next to Seven-Up.

Men don't know much about women. We do know when they're happy. We know when they're crying, and we know when they're pissed off. We just don't know in what order these are gonna come at us.

Young people do not perceive at once that the giver of wounds is the enemy and the quoted tattle merely the arrow.

I wear a lot of things for fun. Sometimes Ill wear one item that is deliberately stupid because that will make the outfit cool.

Women are never landlocked: they're always mere minutes away from the briny deep of tears.

I have also long held the belief that one's tears are a guide, that when something makes you cry, it means something. If we pay attention to our tears, they'll show us something about ourselves