I surrender to it, and by surrendering, I control it.

To believe a thing is not to make it true.

Times are not what they were, and we cannot be, either. If you sit and wish for what you want, you may not see it this side of the grave.

You will never be able to escape from your heart. So it's better to listen to what it has to say.

[Donald] Trump seems to be begging for a fight or is it begging for a distraction?

If you don't know how to serve men, why worry about serving the gods?

It is better to destroy one's own errors than those of others.

I am very pro-union and very anti-authority by nature, so by showing the housekeepers and valets, I was being loyal to those people - those workers. I'm glad that the service industry unionized.

There was no being displeased with such an encourager, for his admiration made him discern a likeness before it was possible.

They believed that Britain was in Ireland defending their own interests, therefore the Irish had the right to use violence to put them out. My argument was that that type of thinking was out of date.

Oh, please," I rolled my eyes, "You're a leftie, Barrons." "Touche, Ms. Lane," he murmured.

One should have wit, but not wish to have it; otherwise there will be witticism, the Alexandrian style of wit.

I want to tell any young girl out there who's a geek, I was a really serious geek in high school. It works out. Study harder.