If Shakespeare had to go on an author tour to promote Romeo and Juliet, he never would have written Macbeth.

The best proof of love is trust.

Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success.

Credit buying is much like being drunk. The buzz happens immediately and gives you a lift... The hangover comes the day after.

Being taken for granted can be a compliment. It means that you've become a comfortable, trusted element in another person's life.

There's a very positive relationship between people's ability to accomplish any task and the time they're willing to spend on it.

Trust your hunches... Hunches are usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level.

I watched the Trade Center buildings go down from my balcony, and it was a terrifying moment. I couldn't get my mind around it at all.

When you look at your life the greatest happinesses are family happinesses.

Love comes when manipulation stops; when you think more about the other person than about his or her reactions to you. When you dare to reveal yourself fully. When you dare to be vulnerable.

Marriage is not just spiritual communion, it is also remembering to take out the trash.

Friends are the leaders of the bosom, being more ourselves than we are, and we complement our affections in theirs.

The press of Italy is free, freer than the press of any other country, so long as it supports the regime.

Our office corner has really become an area where the Tea party movement congregates and the rhetoric is really heated. Not just the calls but the e-mails, the slurs.

Humpty had always sat on walls, it was his way.

A manager says 'go,' but a leader says 'let's go'.

In the characteristics of the perfected man of the Gita, I do not see any to correspond to physical warfare.

The only God-ordained fear is the fear of God, and if we fear Him, we don't have to fear anyone or anything else

pretense is the oil that lubricates society.

I believe that the ideals that America has stood for throughout our history represent the highest ideals of humankind.

Having all eyes on me at all times is hard to deal with, but it's great. It feels like you've already accomplished something. It's already predetermined that you're going to do well.