Most of our failures in understanding one another have less to do with what is heard than with what is intended and what is inferred.

My problem is that I have been persecuted by an integer.

Every word carries its own surprises and offers its own rewards to the reflective mind.

The answer to violence is the improvement of childhood.

Attitude is the mind's paintbrush. It can color any situation.

I bet you there's a lot of guys who dream of having a girl that fine.

Greatness is a lot of small things done well.

The art of conducting consists in knowing when to stop conducting to let the orchestra play.

For me, living in the closet corroded my ability to have an honest, open relationship with my God, my loved ones, my constituency and myself.

Violent men have not been known in history to die to a man. They die up to a point.

Hitler was undoubtedly a genius but he lacked self-control. He recognized no limits. Otherwise the thousand-year Reich would have lasted more than twelve years.

Old men are like that, you know. It makes them feel important to think they are in love with somebody.

A bibliophile of little means is likely to suffer often. Books don't slip from his hands but fly past him through the air, high as birds, high as prices.