I would rather be a real Timex than a fake Rolex.

Difference between diversity and inclusion is being invited to a house and being able to rearrange the furniture.

Survival is not possible if the best of us lack all conviction, while the worst of us are full of passionate intensity.

The reduction of political discourse to sound bites is one of the worst things that's happened in American political life.

This is fictional time, where events play out and possibilities are exhausted, so that meaning can emerge.

Adoption is a wonderful way of becoming a family. If being a biological parent is any better or more rewarding than being an adoptive parent, I really don't think I could stand it!

Men in particular need to speak more about their personal reasons for wanting diversity in the workplace.

Open source is important to our orgs as a talent pool; we need better representation of women.

He loved her. He loved her because nature willed it. Because they were already united and of one body. The bare flesh on every part of her belonged to him. The scent emitting from her skin was his.

Knock-offs may look good, but they never last as long as the real thing.

I'm going to write a book about an intelligent woman who does stupid things when it comes to men. I'll call it, "My Memoirs.

Buddha first taught metta meditation as an antidote: as a way of surmounting terrible fear when it arises.

She'd been taking care of others for so long that she scarcely recognized herself when she looked in the mirror.

I tend to show everything I do to my family, to check they won't be offended.

If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph: THE ONLY PROOF HE NEEDED FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD WAS MUSIC

I did what any good rat would do. I bit down on the guard's hand until I tasted blood.

We were not designed to be dominated.

I cannot learn creation from other people; I've got to do it myself. Now, honestly, I regret not studying - I don't know about harmonies, or anything, so if I'm composing a song, it's really hard.

It is the privilege of any human work which is well done to invest the doer with a certain haughtiness. He can well afford not to conciliate, whose faithful work will answer for him.

There are 3 questions that would destroy most of the arguments of the Left. The first is - compared to what? The second is - at what cost? And the third is - what hard evidence do you have?

But maybe what I saw as fearless was actually fear under control.