I believe that poetry is a primal impulse within us all.

You don't need a Harvard MBA to know that the bedroom and the boardroom are just two sides of the same ballgame.

You are who you are when nobody's watching.

As I say I don't want to kill myself, I just wouldn't mind dying.

Estate agents: like them or loathe them, you'd be mad not to loathe them.

The only reason people do not know much is because they do not care to know. They are incurious. Incuriousity is the oddest and most foolish failing there is.

People who can change and change again are so much more reliable and happier than those who can’t

Love in all eight tones and all five semitones of the word's full octave.

Wine can be a better teacher than ink, and banter is often better than books

Nothing in this world is at it seems. Except, possibly, porridge.

All the big words -virtue, justice, truth, ...- are dwarfed by the greatness of kindness

When you love you should not think you can direct the course of love, for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course.

That night she dreamed of the deer. Strangely, the animal was holding her. She cuddled close into the soft fur and touched and kissed it gently. In the morning her pillow was wet with tears.

Couldn't start the morning without caffeine.

So much of left-wing thought is a kind of playing with fire by people who don't even know that fire is hot.

People all the time say, oh, if you only knew Hillary Clinton the way I know Hillary Clinton.

The depth of our belief in the Resurrection and the Atonement of the Savior will, I believe, determine the measure of courage and purpose with which we meet life's challenges.

A leader must listen to those under their supervision.

I lived in a tiny Midwest town, so I was always looking for adventure.

The Beijing Olympics represent China's grand entrance onto the world stage and confirmation of its new superpower status.

Nobody responds to being made to feel judged.