In the last quarter of the eighteenth century bourgeois Europe needed to emancipate itself from that combination of feudalism and commercial capitalism which we know as mercantilism.

The art of communication is the language of leadership.

Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.

If you set your goals ridiculously high and it's a failure, you will fail above everyone else's success.

Every time you have to speak, you are auditioning for leadership.

A river cuts through rock, not because of its power, but because of its persistence.

One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you can't utter.

People trample over flowers, yet only to embrace a cactus.

The great appear great to us.

The Irish people will only be free, when they own everything from the plough to the stars

It is simply wrong to begin with a theme, symbol or other abstract unifying agent, and then try to force characters and events to conform to it.

The nonchalance and dolce-far-niente air of nature and society hint at infinite periods in the progress of mankind.

I have dashed across continents and oceans as a fugitive and have matched my wits with the police and secret agents seeking to deprive me of one of the greatest blessings man can have-liberty.

Charity and treating begin at home.

It's very difficult to say anything in Icelandic. I can say "takk," which means "thank you." That's about all I learned.

I have such a passion because I adore animals so much.

Fear is the most basic emotion we have. Fear is primal. Fear sells.

I love to draw people's faces. I do that all the time.

Without pay, no human being will work up to their ability if he or she is not cared for and respected.

Without elegance of the heart, there is no elegance.