I love planting. I love digging holes, putting plants in, tapping them in. And I love weeding, but I don't like tidying up the garden afterwards.

There's something to be said about a slightly plump person—you have just enough of too much.

The inevitable is no less a shock just because it is inevitable.

Express everything you like. No word can hurt you. None. No idea can hurt you. Not being able to express an idea or word will hurt you more. Like a bullet.

I was given a dictionary when I was seven, and I read it because I had nothing else to read. I read it the way you read a book.

People don't make changes because things are wonderful.

I would be lost without the feeling of antagonism that people have towards me. I write out of defiance.

People only say I’m angry because I’m black and I’m a woman.

A great piece of literature encompasses all that is and all that will be.

...yet a memory cannot be trusted, for so much of the experience of the past is determined by the experience of the present.

I'm so used to being misunderstood.

Much less than a man, a little bit more than a jackal! This is the person without compassion!

Every man at some point in his life needs to be tested so he can find out if he’s a righteous man or an indifferent one.

No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.

I ran the astronaut school for six years, and I was the commandant and when I finished in '65, 26 of my guys went into space as NASA astronauts that I trained.

The Tort Tax adds to the cost of everything we buy because businesses and manufacturers have to cover themselves and their employees - just in case they get sued by a greedy personal injury lawyer.

To grieve over sin is one thing, to repent is another.

We are shifting into an enjoyment-based economy. And who knows more about making enjoyment than game developers?

The future is unwritten.

Starkville is an Indian word for trailer park.

Difficulty creates the opportunity for self-reflection and compassion.