Just because something is ubiquitous does not mean that it is innocuous.

You can do anything…but before you can do anything, you have to do something.

Sometimes, if your opponent is determined to win the battle, let him win the wrong battle.

Regarding war and peace—the seed of each is planted in the other.

Regarding war and peace—the seeds of each are planted in the other.

All too often, our elegant political theories amount to nothing more than ideology triumphing over common sense.

We recognize authority based on whether we feel we could attain authority by the rules by which the authority was obtained.

Cooler heads prevail while things spin completely out of control.

Note from Alien cookbook: “The more intelligent the human is, the better it tastes.

If you can’t be brave in the face of adversity, at least be practical.

Amazing how too much passion in one part of your life can destroy passion in other parts of your life.

War is cruelty, and none can make it gentle.

I like the idea of R-rated franchises.

You are going to die. Your physical body will disintegrate. You cannot help that.

For fear of causing terror to living beings, Mahamati, let the Bodhisattva who is disciplining himself to attain compassion, refrain from eating flesh.

It's very hard when you eat out every day for a living, and a new restaurant comes along and you haven't got that same vigour that you had 10 years ago.

You don't have to twist my arm to work.

I wrote my first novel and my second novel in Chicago. It was the place where I became a writer. It's my favorite city.

To be average is to be as near the bottom as the top.

I like New York in the spring and in the fall. It's one of the best cities to walk that I've ever been in.

It's just as difficult to overcome success as it is to overcome failure.