I don't share blame. I don't share credit. And I don't share desserts.

There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.

A happy woman is one who has no cares at all; a cheerful woman is one who has cares but doesn't let them get her down.

Art is the signature of civilizations.

There is a growing strength in women, but it is in the forehead, not in the forearm.

My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, for man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires.

I lived through the garbage. I might as well dine on the caviar.

There is no shortcut to anyplace worth going.

Attachment to spiritual things is... just as much an attachment as inordinate love of anything else.

Opera is an extremely disciplined art form, and every excess a singer indulges in has a direct effect on the voice.

What would men be without women? Scarce, sir...mighty scarce.

We don't need to start our dream from the top all we need is to make a first step where we are standing right now and say my journey starts now

I want a busy life a just mind and a timely death.

We really shouldn't be running education like a supermarket where you compare prices.

We all have some taste or other, of too ancient a date to admit of our remembering it was an acquired one.

The reality is we are still ranked 10th and we are playing a team ranked second in the world who are playing at the top of their game and are at home.

Truth crushed to earth is truth still and like a seed will rise again.

It's odd being an American now. Most of us are peaceful, but here we are again, in our fifth major war of this century.

Crystalline swirls of sugar and flour still lingered in the air like kite tails.

Without curiosity, there will never be any innovation.