Is it progress if a cannibal uses a knife and fork?

Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.

Every scarecrow has a secret ambition to terrorize.

The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him.

Impartiality is not neutrality. It is partiality for justice.

Beyond each corner, new directions lie in wait.

In order for you to be yourself, you have to be somebody first.

You will always find some Eskimo ready to instruct the Congolese on how to cope with heatwaves.

Every now and then you meet a man whose ignorance is encyclopedic.

The exit is usually where the entrance was.

Suppose you succeed in breaking the wall with your head. And what, then, will you do in the next cell?

For me, no ideological or political conviction would justify the sacrifice of a human life. For me, the value of life is absolute, with no concessions. It's not negotiable.

I watched you roll off me and step away from the bed in silence, but when the heat of your body was gone, I wanted it back.

If it is a first offense, you ground them and have a talk. The second offense would call for counseling.

We're here to let the Democrats know that the grass roots and the anti-war movement elected them to create change.

I think all writing is done through memory

Spring sprang suddenly onto the land.

I'm a naughty sweetheart.

You're your own play.

I'm only doing whatever the next role calls for.

As a journalist, if you want to explore the world, you have to take a risk.