Man has always sacrificed truth to his vanity, comfort and advantage. He lives not by truth but by make-believe.

Nothing in the world is permanent, and we’re foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we’re still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it.

We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.

To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.

It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.

If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too.

The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself.

The only important thing in a book is the meaning that it has for you.

It is dangerous to let the public behind the scenes. They are easily disillusioned and then they are angry with you, for it was the illusion they loved.

The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind.

Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.

Love is a clash of lightnings

Maybe we do go home, finally.

A madman overcomes it by adapting to his surroundings. You can’t give up. Why die? There is always another mission

If you are trying to transform a brutalized society into one where people can live in dignity and hope, you begin with the empowering of the most powerless. You build from the ground up.

Be your own lamps. Be your own shelters. Hang on to the truth as a lamp. Hang on to the truth as a refuge.

I love Los Angeles. It has a lot to offer culturally and has amazing restaurants.

At the end of the day government is about teamwork and partnership and we will be proving that by working together.

I was kicked out of The Stars And Stripes twice, and finally got back in.

Once created, federal programs are nearly impossible to eliminate.

Bad reviews come with everything. I've been getting them my whole life.