Life in this world is short. Let us make use of our lives in the pursuit of happiness and not trouble.

We are all Malaysians. This is the bond that unites us. Let us always remember that unity is our fundamental strength as a people and as a nation.

Some people think that as soon as you plant a tree, it must bear fruit. We must allow it to grow a bit.

Great men simplify great principles and make them easily intelligible to ordinary men

Kuan Yew, I can never trust you as a politician.

I’m working on another Lyra book right now – it’s called The Book of Dust.“It’s going very well and it will be finished when I write the words ‘The End’.

When thus the heart is in a vein Of tender thought, the simplest strain Can touch it with peculiar power.

The interest of the landlord is always opposed to the interests of every other class in the community.

Any time your parent says they party with you, that is its own form of child abuse.

I've won several Emmys, a Tony and a Grammy so maybe somebody will let me have an Oscar, and then I'll have a full set.

The value the world sets upon motives is often grossly unjust and inaccurate.

Of course, Soviet people would like to see the face of surrounding states changed, but that is the business of the surrounding states.

Say to the darkness, "We beg to differ!"

When you feel how depressingly slowly you climb, it's well to remember that Things Take Time.

The history of science has been one long series of violent brainstorms, as successive generations have come to terms with increasing levels of queerness in the universe.