If you are weak, anyone can come and kick you

In my experience, being busy and working hard is the key to sanity/happiness.

Peter Mandelson is one of the most odious, self-satisfied, misogynistic men I have ever met. Compellingly, fascinatingly horrible.

The best justification governments can find to shut down information is that lives are at risk. In fact, lives have been at risk as a result of the silences and lies revealed in these leaks.

Military strikes on Afghanistan will not prevent something this terrible from happening again, for the simple reason that bombs will not deter people who are unafraid of death and desire martyrdom.

I think the world of politics is pretty sleazy.

Marriage Asian-style is practical, contractual and, to the western mind, deeply unromantic.

Friends can make you feel that the world is smaller and less sneaky than it really is, because you know people who have similar experiences.

In every life story, including our own, decisions are made in haste that determine the course of eternity.

At any moment, you can use your face to open doors of opportunity if it demonstrates interest, enthusiasm, respect, understanding, delight, agreement, and more.

The individual appears for an instant, joins the community of thought, modifies it and dies; but the species, that dies not, reaps the fruit of his ephemeral existence.

It's so much easier to write a resume than to craft a spirit.

I dont believe it wins championships. (It) gets you to the playoffs.

The possibility of an Oscar is something I definitely think about and the fact that I can even say that is just a blessing. It's something I would be incredibly honored to be a part of.

In our evil we rebel against God. We take the law of God, written in his Word and on our hearts, and we disobey it.

Tavis Smiley lost lots of corporate support after he was critical of President [Barack] Obama.

There is no earthly reason why a solo string instrument or voice, having the possibility to play or sing pure intonation, should want, or try, to be tempered.