My house looks like it was decorated by a 14-year old with a platinum American Express card.

I think that we are already making steps toward mapping out the brain so we can identify the chemical patterns that create and store memory.

It was the dawn of the third age of mankind.

No dictator, no invader, can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.

Avoid the tyranny of the reasonable voice...it will guarantee a complacency of never trying anything adventurous.

If sacred places are spared the ravages of war... then make all places sacred. And if the holy people are to be kept harmless from war... then make all people holy.

All love is unrequited. All of it.

I am a control freak. I will admit that freely.

Never follow somebody else's path; it doesn't work the same way twice for anyone... the path follows you and rolls up behind you as you walk, forcing the next person to find their own way.

Take care, don't fight, and remember: if you do not choose to lead, you will forever be led by others. Find what scares you, and do it. And you can make a difference, if you choose to do so.

Wouldn't it be much worse if life really were fair and all the terrible things that happen to us happen because we really deserve them?

I’ve been thinking.” “A dangerous pursuit.” “Indeed.

Like all parents, my husband and I just do the best we can, hold our breath and hope we've set aside enough money for our kid's therapy.

Old times, as my father used to say: If you're not careful, they'll gut you like a fish.

Being thy servant, O Mary, is a surety of salvation God grants solely to those He will save.

We see new male artists have their first single reach No. 1 on the charts, but it generally takes a female a lot longer to build momentum.

Do you wish to see God's love? Look at the cross. Do you wish to see God's wrath? Look at the cross.

Great people aren't those who are happy at times of convienience and content, but of how they are in times of catastrophy and controversy.

religion is to misogyny as disease is to misery - not the sole cause, but a significant contributor

I'm getting older now, and though I still surf well, it's hard for me to paddle in big surf.

This sense of power is the highest and best of pleasures when the belief on which it is founded is a true belief, and has been fairly earned by investigation.