If you recognize anyone it does not mean you like them.

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.

Science is based not on faith but in skeptism

When you care about someone and give them something special. Something that they treasire. That's a gift.

I also smoke a lot of pot, occasionally, every day.

I ran home in the moonlight with firm strides; for the sun-love made me strong.

I am Oz, the Great and Terrible," spoke the Beast, in a voice that was one great roar. Who are you, and why do you seek me?

Appreciation can make a day, even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary.

The crisis of children having children has been eclipsed by the greater crisis of children killing children.

The human mind is like Salome at the beginning of dance, hidden from the outside world by seven veils. Veils of reserve, shyness,fear.

When I'm onstage, I hope it looks like what I want to see - the lights, the pyro, the band.

It was a kiss made in lonely dreams. A kiss that took its time. A kiss that felt so right she couldn't remember all the reasons it was wrong.