I still have trouble identifying grammatical structures by name, though I know them as matters of usage.

Extraordinary people survive under the most terrible circumstances and they become more extraordinary because of it.

There is no nonsense so gross that society will not, at some time, make a doctrine of it and defend it with every weapon of communal stupidity.

The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.

I cannot imagine any boy of spirit who would not be delighted to play a drunkard even to vomiting in front of his Sunday school. Indeed, the vomiting might be the chief attraction of the role.

The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealized past.

A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be seen by morning light, at noon and by moonlight.

A man must be obedient to the promptings of his innermost heart.

Art is wine and experience is the brandy we distill from it.

Conversation in its true meaning isn't all wagging the tongue; sometimes it is a deeply shared silence.

The dog is a yes-animal. Very popular with people who can't afford a yes man.

Be careful because God's gifts alone are not able to give you joy

Love is the unity of two souls but one spirit.

And yet does the appetite for new days ever really cease?

IIFA is always involved in charity, and that's why it's a great thing that I am a part of IIFA and will continue to work along with them.

I was a huge nerd in high school. Sure, I socialized - but I was definitely a nerd.

Things we think of as tremendous advantages can get in the way of being happy, and wealth is one of those things where people can become isolated within this luxury and not connect.

The conventions of an almighty agency tapping you for greatness and signing you up and telling you this is going to be the next big thing; that has not been my career.

People are beginning to understand my vision and my message because finally people are beginning to allow me to be heard.

Unsolved problems, that's one of the great signs of progress in my opinion.

Love is not lust. The two (love and lust) are poles apart. Love liberates while lust binds.