[My father and his friends] believed in equality for women without troubling to acquire the basic domestic skills which would have made that equality possible.

The art of communication is the language of leadership.

Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.

If you set your goals ridiculously high and it's a failure, you will fail above everyone else's success.

Every time you have to speak, you are auditioning for leadership.

A river cuts through rock, not because of its power, but because of its persistence.

One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you can't utter.

People trample over flowers, yet only to embrace a cactus.

The great appear great to us.

The Irish people will only be free, when they own everything from the plough to the stars

I don't think that the reality of Cuba is perfect, but it doesn't cleave to the negativity, either, with which some people see it.

Desire is an attempt to feel the void.

So many actors are not open in front of the camera - they have a persona.

President Obama became the first sitting president to visit a federal prison yesterday. Obama said it was a good chance to talk about prison reform, and to catch up with so many former congressmen.

Sometimes I feel my arm is like a swan's neck - so weak.

A sincere compliment is always grateful to a lady, so long as you don't try to knock her down with it.

I probably get it trimmed once every two months or so. I've just been going to the salon in the city, and they'll clean it up a bit.

We Germans will never produce another Goethe, but we may produce another Caesar.

You don't have to go fast...you just have to go.