I hate myself because I am not beautiful. I hate myself because I am fat.

Among the reasons people keep sad stories to themselves is that they do not want anyone to feel sorry for them.

Everything we own tells too much about us.

All men are more concerned to recover what they lose than to acquire what they lack.

A coward is incapable of exhibiting love it is the prerogative of the brave.

To me, Texas is Austin, a bunch of cool people trying to make a difference.

Certainly, packets of sea ice, in say the Arctic, which have failed to fully reform in the last couple of years.

The society of the Culture-Philistines makes life a burden to exceptional men.

In the 21st Century I believe the mission of the United Nations will be defined by a new, more profound, awareness of the sanctity and dignity of every human life, regardless of race or religion.

You cannot direspect the caterpillar and rave about the butterfly.

When I lived in Japan in the 1980s, I once was mistaken for Paul Newman, and I didn't have much more hair than I do now. My first reaction was that staying in Japan might be good for my social life.

Seed is not just the source of life. It is the very foundation of our being.

I've never tried to be something I'm not.