In a country this large and a language even larger ... there ought to be a living for somebody who cares and wants to entertain and instruct a reader.

We are most alive when we're in love.

Life is a nacho. It can be yummy-crunchy or squishy-yucky. It just depends on how long it takes for you to start eating it.

Rain is grace; rain is the sky descending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life.

You cannot help but learn more as take the world into your hands. Take it up reverently, for it is and old piece of clay, with millions of thumbprints on it.

A leader is one who, out of madness or goodness, volunteers to take upon himself the woe of the people. There are few men so foolish, hence the erratic quality of leadership in the world.

Most of American life consists of driving somewhere and then returning home, wondering why the hell you went.

The scissors cut the long-grown hair; The razor scrapes the remnant fuzz. Small-jawed, weak-chinned, big-eyed, I stare At the forgotten boy I was.

It is easy to love people in memory; the hard thing is to love them when they are there in front of you.

Inspiration arrives as a packet of material to be delivered.

So much love, too much love, it is our madness, it is rotting us out, exploding us like dandelion polls.

Your income is determined by how many people you serve and how well you serve them.

I'm so beautifully represented, so honored the Senate approved Rex Tillerson . He's going to be fantastic.

I think that we're foolhardy to not be engaging in federal funding of stem-cell research in the most aggressive way we possibly can.

I would say I live half in New York and half in Claridge's. How decadent! How hysterical!

Turn all your thoughts and aspirations to heaven. Work hard to secure for yourself a place there for ever.

The transitory interests of royal houses may be advanced in war; the real interests of all people are furthered by the peace.

I've had a great experience with pretty much everybody I've worked with.

A surgeon will cut off a limb in order to protect the body from disease. And a commander-in-chief should pull out of a war that cannot be won in order to protect a nation.

People were concerned about national security, and that precluded us from having the opportunity to break through on the issues that we cared most about - the economy, education and health care.

Were our spirits hardy we would be able to meet the most disturbing situation with peace and rest.