I would tell myself that I was about to address the largest mass assembly of idiots ever gathered in the history of mankind.

The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.

Diplomacy is the art of telling people to go to hell in such a way that they ask for directions.

There is nothing government can give you that it hasn't taken from you in the first place.

Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.

You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision.

A nation that forgets its past has no future.

I had a microscopic eye for the blemish, for the grain of ugliness which to me constituted the sole beauty of the object.

One glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for 1, 000 years. To read is to voyage through time.

The universe sees your beauty

If you've ever had a brush with cancer, you're always thinking a pain might be something serious.

The biggest problem that women have is being ambivalent about their own power, ... We should be comfortable with the idea of wielding power. We shouldn't feel that it detracts from our femininity.

Eternity! thou pleasing, dreadful thought.

You meet the same people on the way down that you meet on the way up, but you're going the other way.

I hate, loathe and despise schools.School is bad for you if you have any talent. You should be cultivating that talent in your own particular way.

I don't spend a lot of time online.

The optimist sees the future as a rabbit sees the oncoming truck - getting bigger, not closer.