I'm confident President Obama will continue his unambiguous commitment to the Jewish state in his second term.

The fireworks begin today. Each diploma is a lighted match. Each one of you is a fuse.

I'm not the type to get ulcers. I give them.

The pure culture is the foundation for all research on infectious disease.

Embrace change. Envision what could be, challenge the status quo, and drive creative destruction.

I believe my business and non-profit investments are much more beneficial to societal well-being than sending more money to Washington.

There was always a love-hate relationship with New York in the rest of the country, but I made them feel more love than hate.

If they don't want to pay for it, they can stop drinking it.

Strive for excellence in few things, rather than good performance in many.

A truly free society is based on a vision of respect for people and what they value.

You aren't just the age you are. You are all the ages you ever have been!

There was no one alive who did not contribute his share of mystery to the world.

Earthworms cannot be painters. Those who live in the darkness can never perceive and appreciate the beauties of the light!

What if you get called to a fire?” 
His eyes raked over her as he prepared to devour her. “Let it burn.

By definition, a government has no conscience. Sometimes it has a policy, but nothing more.

He who hesitates, meditates horizontally

Genius and taste don't go together.

Pick a better verb. Most people use twenty verbs to describe everything from a run in their stocking to the explosion of an A-bomb.

Sometimes I think of blogging as finger exercises for a violinist; sometimes I think of it as mulching a garden. It is incredibly useful and helpful to my "real" writing.

A real turnoff for guys is any girl who is way too into them. Like, you're being way too nice. Guys, as well as girls, like that sense of badness. I want a good girl, who can be a little bad.

I think London's sexy because it's so full of eccentrics.