Governments keep their promises only when they are forced, or when it is to their advantage to do so.

Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.

The reason most people fail instead of succeed is they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment.

Victory is not always winning the battle...but rising every time you fall.

Six hours' sleep for a man, seven for a woman, and eight for a fool.

Moses has revealed the existence of God to his nation. Jesus Christ to the Roman world, Muhammad to the old continent.

If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.

You become strong by defying defeat and by turning loss into gain and failure to success.

Until you spread your wings, you'll have no idea how far you can fly.

To have a right estimate of a man's character, we must see him in misfortune.

The purpose of religion is to keep the poor from killing the rich.

If you wish to meet and speak with god, you must first try to tame a wild tiger with a feather and a stick.

One of the most moral acts is to create a space in which life can move forward.

Issues are like tissues. You pull one out and another appears!

True religion is removed from diet and days, from garments and ceremonies, and placed where it belongs - in the union of the spirit of man with the Spirit of God.

It is secular spiritual music, the gospel blues. It's music from the heart instead of the head.

I was a cannibal for twenty-five years. For the rest I have been a vegetarian.

If they invent a car that runs on stupid jokes, you could go far.

When a man gets talking about himself, he seldom fails to be eloquent and often reaches the sublime.

At the upcoming Grammy Awards, Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony will perform together as the first time, as man and wife. Hopefully music.

It's funny that you [Zachary Quinto] did a monologue from Pounding Nails in the Floor With My Forehead. I did the same thing for my university when I went to USC.