Know yourself. Be authentic. Have courage.

The questions you don't ask are just as important as you do. The questions you ask show what you understand, and ones you don't show what you know.

Reality is only as true as it is perceived. Reality does not change. How it is perceived does.

There is no better satisfaction than to see your children make your dreams theirs, and achieve them on their terms.

Words are free, action is not.

Success is not an end in itself. It should be a means to an end - happiness. If success does not lead to happiness, it is called "failure".

The energy of youth with the experience of age is a lethal combination.

Live in the present. It won't last too long.

The foolishness of youth with the cynicism of age is a dangerous combination.

The more golden the opportunity, the less likely you will see it.

Words do not solve problems, actions do.

My dear boy, your thinking has no structure, no foundation. You pick up your primary ideas from TV shows. You're like a fart in the bathtub. ['The Murder Room: The Heirs of Sherlock Holmes']

With Rudy [ Giuliani], [Donald Trump] will - the minute they push him too far and start manipulating, he will - he will lash out.

I got more than a thing for you, tattoo wit a ink for you right over my heart girl, I'll do the unthinkable.

I read fiction all the time. It's true that I don't like fantasy or science fiction. I like "realistic" novels, particularly those in which nothing much ever happens.

If you’re not in Gryffindor, we’ll disinherit you,” said Ron, “but no pressure.

Can I give them what they think they're going to get from me? That's always the big question.

I guess I am conscious of my weaknesses, and I think pacing is probably my biggest. I don't know if I think the clarity thing is actually a weakness. It was a stylistic choice.

I was the most subtle person in the world.

The consequence of Mr. Bush's and Blair's historic lie that the reason for invading Iraq was weapons of mass destruction, is that everything is being doubted.

Explanation changes whatever is explained into something explainable.