It pays in England to be a revolutionary and a bible-smacker most of one's life, and then come round.

Of all sweet passions Shame is the loveliest.

All good poetry is forged slowly and patiently, link by link, with sweat and blood and tears.

Victories are won while on your knees! Keep praying for those who rise up against you. Fear not. The Lord has rectified the problem. Prayer is POWERFUL!!

All of life and history is holding you on its shoulders so you can stretch one atom further.

The time some people spend worrying and crying about their problems is sometimes more than enough to find some effective solutions to them.

I don't act; I react.

Don't look for things to be easier, look for you to be better

It's not about celebrity or not. It's all about, do you have that 'girl in a cardigan' in you. You gotta have that.

I'm Christian. Growing up in Ethiopia, it's half-Christian and half-Muslim. You grow up with Muslim kids. I'm very much aware of their religion.

If you do not believe that a man will commit murder for one can of tomatoes, then you have never been hungry.

My job at Stanford is rather different from the ones I had held previously in that my own ambitions must take a back seat to the well-being of the students with whom I work.

I do not have much confidence in the political system and never did. My goal has always been to change people's minds because as long as people demand more government, they will get it.