Harder still was the pretense her studies demanded: the need to dissemble, to parrot her professors' orthodoxies, to feign interest in theories that were of no use to her.

If you don't like the place where you find yourself, Waldemar, it pays to remember that you'll be somewhere else in just a moment. The place itself will be a different place.

The sins of the Fathers that are visited upon the Sons is not ignorance, but indifference to the truth.

There's no such thing as a mistake, really. It's just an opportunity to do something else.

The sweetness of this life is found in remembering Allah; the sweetness of the next life will be found in seeing Him.

I chose to be a working wife and mother. Why should I compromise on either?

Golf is meaningless, but it means so much.

Why take pride in cooking, when they don't take pride in eating?

What I want to do is, I want to put together a nice list of those guys who I really did admire when I was growing up, listening to names like Lord Finesse.

All pioneers are considered to be afflicted with moonstruck madness.

The highest manifestation of true leadership is to identify one’s replacement and to begin mentoring him or her.

The camera itself, the photograph itself, calls up death.