History's got no bows on it, only frayed ends of ribbons and knots that can't be untied.

Metaphors have a way of holding the most truth in the least space.

Alvin smiled back, and kissed her. "People talk about fools counting chickens before they hatch. That's nothing. We name them.

To use the past, he had to save it from aspects of itself.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

I had a friend whose family had dinner together. The mother would tuck you in at night and make breakfast in the morning. They even had a spare bike for a friend. It just seemed so amazing to me.

I think we have got to start thinking about banding together in terms of interested groups.

I respect every mother and I believe people are entitled to use whatever benefits, claims and entitlements, if you like, that are available to them

A lion's work hours are only when he's hungry; once he's satisfied, the predator and prey live peacefully together.

There are many who feel consciously hopeful and unconsciously hopeless, and there are few for whom it is the other way around.

I don't want people to think he [Eldridge Cleaver] is so important - our party is important because our party works for the people and no individual is important in our party, including myself.

Inner happiness actually is the fuel of success.

As the Republican platforms says, the welfare of the farmer is vital to that of the whole country.