God would not give us the same talent if what were right for men were wrong for women.

Tact is after all a kind of mind reading.

Look bravely up into the sky, And be content with knowing That God wished for a buttercup Just here, where you are growing.

My childhood is very vivid to me, and I don't feel very different now from the way I felt then. It would appear I am the very same person, only with wrinkles.

A story should be managed so that it should suggest interesting things to the reader instead of the author's doing all the thinking for him, and setting it before him in black and white.

The growth of true friendship may be a lifelong affair.

I've found that people who look at things as they are, and not as they wish them to be, are the ones who succeed.

It seems to me like stealing, for men and women to live in the world and do nothing to make it better.

When she walked...she stretched out long and thin like a little tiger, and held her head high to look over the grass as if she were treading the jungle.

The warm sun kissed the earthTo consecrate thy birth,And from his close embraceThy radiant faceSprang into sight,A blossoming delight.

In the life of each of us there is a place remote and islanded, and given to endless regret or secret happiness.

Beware! devil occupies your soul with forbidden desires

When I interviewed John McCain in 2000 about whether he had taken medication for his anger, I remember thinking, 'Let's see how this is going to work.'

Keep your eyes on the horizon and your nose to the wind.

People are yearning to be asked to use the full measure of their potential for something they care about.

If you can't trust me with a choice, how can you trust me with a child?

We died like aunts of pets or foreigners.

Anybody that you put on TV five hours a week is at some point is going to say something stupid.

The civil rights movement wasn't easy for anybody.

I think they will never really enjoy true democracy in China.

All you've got to do is own up to your ignorance honestly, and you'll find people who are eager to fill your head with information.