I was a political journalist; I came to writing novels through an interest in politics and power.

People perish. Books are immortal.

Golf requires only a few simple Rules and Regulations to guide the players in the true nature of its sporting appeal. The spirit of the game is its own referee.

Suicide leaves everyone feeling guilty.

The true currency of life is time, not money, and we've all got a limited stock of that.

But clever people all make one mistake. They all think everyone else is stupid. And everyone isn't stupid. They just take a bit more time, that's all.

You can't make sense of the present unless a part of you lives in the past.

Politics is never a victory, it's just the remorseless grinding forward of events.

Their souls were contagious. ... Bloodsuckers, spiders and vampires: that was what Lenin called them.

If one first gives himself to the Lord, all other giving is easy.

The natural impulse of men is to follow and whoever has the strongest sense of purpose will always dominate.

love is tied to truth. I think of them as unhappily conjoined twins.

If a child lives with criticism, he learns to condemn. If he lives with hostility, he learn s to fight. If a child lives with shame, he learn to fell ashamed.

In the English language there are orphans and widows, but there is no word for the parents who loses a child.

Do some good to the ghetto, Mr. Kris Kringle. Come and stay awhile, kick it with God's Angels. Take and acknowledge my wisdom and understand That Santa Claus is a black man.

Black men of Carthage, Ethiopia, of Timbuktu and Alexandria gave the likes of civilization to this world

The simple act of recognizing diversity in corporate life helps us to connect the great variety of gifts that people bring to the work and service of the corporation.

You're not selling products. You're creating relationships.

Parental Discretion is advised, but will be completely f*n, ignored