It’s tragic how the lack of imagination so often shapes our defeat.

An act made in fear is not the same thing as an action taken for necessity.

The rebuke came, keen-edged. ‘Trusting the man is not the same thing as knowing what he’s about.

Death has no repeal. It is a brute ending that leaves us the legacy of an inscrutable silence. Therefore, I understand the voice of mercy very well.

Keep yourself as busy as you can. Try and forget. But even with 7 billion other distractions... you don't forget me.

Regardless of whether luck or coincidence is involved, desires directed in the right way have a tendency to manifest.

Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell people you are, you aren't.

A sense of humour is a sense of proportion.

Religious liberty is about freedom of action in matters of religion generally, and the scope of that liberty is directly correlated to the civil restraints placed upon religious practice.

Scientific apparatus offers a window to knowledge, but as they grow more elaborate, scientists spend ever more time washing the windows.

One important thing to know is you're still the same person during it. I'm more eager than ever to do what I did. I want to do everything.

The quality of business communications has become poorer in recent years as people avoid phone calls and face-to-face meetings, I can only assume, in some misguided quest for efficiency.

The rules of prudence, like the laws of the stone tables, are for the most part prohibitive. "Thou shalt not" is their characteristic formula.

I want to produce the best popular music I can.