Man is slow because he hesitates

Fire can destroy or purify, strengthen or weaken, all depending on the nature of the material being burned. Pain has the same effects on the human soul, and for the same reasons.

I have never seen genius without a touch of madness... and vice versa.

Great language and great literature do not survive long without each other

There are few things more powerful than a name. A single phrase that somehow becomes a symbol for an entire existence.

I can imagine no heroism greater than motherhood.

Cowards are always much more dangerous than heroes.

We are not fit to lead an army on the march unless we are familiar with the face of the country -- its mountains and forests, its pitfalls and precipices, its marshes and swamps.

Nothing is left of meEach time I see her

I’m in love with my corporate girlfriend, with the Cyclops heart

The girl sleeping and the finisher, willing himself to finish her.Why didn't he finish her?Why couldn't he finish her?

Laughter is easiest said in a story

But the central point is that any campaign against Iraq, whatever the strategy, cost and risks, is certain to divert us for some indefinite period from our war on terrorism.

I could be working 300 hours a week. I just say no. The power of slow is the power of no. I can’t go to every party I get invited to. I can’t do every work thing.

I'll never forget where I'm from. It's essential to remain humble and evolving.

It usually takes two people a little while to learn where the funny buttons are and testy buttons are.

Without one friend, above all foes, Britannia gives the world repose.