Nothing is so envied as genius, nothing so hopeless of attainment by labor alone. Though labor always accompanies the greatest genius, without the intellectual gift labor alone will do little.

Why should American atrocities be merely unsettling, but a trip to Hanoi unconscionable?

A sailing ship is no democracy; you don't caucus a crew as to where you'll go anymore than you inquire when they'd like to shorten sail.

Twice the Republicans in the California legislature tried to block my seating because of my trips to Hanoi.

They motivate us to play, be affectionate, seek adventure and be loyal.

Teachers have three loves: love of learning, love of learners, and the love of bringing the first two loves together.

To be truly challenging, a voyage, like a life, must rest on a firm foundation of financial unrest.

All this going around is not aggression. If you want to see aggression on cricket field, look into Rahul Dravid’s eyes

As you continue writing and rewriting, you begin to see possibilities you hadn't seen before. Writing a poem is always a process of discovery.

Art is not escape, but a way of finding order in chaos, a way of confronting life.

It's a fun day, a day which kicks off the start of our tour, it's got great tradition - Australian cricketers just love tradition - and it's been a really pleasant day.

Cats are rather delicate creatures and they are a subject to a good many different ailments, but I have never heard of one who has suffered from insomnia.

When you want wisdom and insight as badly as you want to breathe, it is then you shall have it.

If it were not for government regulation of big corporations, executives at companies like Enron, WorldCom, Tyco, they could have cheated investors out of millions.

When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard, ' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?'

Payment systems are critically important for overall market stability. On a typical business day, U.S. payment and settlement systems settle transactions valued at over $13 trillion.

Winning all the time is not necessarily good.

I don't dislike everything I do. Especially with a film, you don't have an easy relationship with it when it's done because it's been your life.

Keep your eye on the prize but enjoy the journey.

The lust of the flesh directs these desires [of personal union], however, to satisfaction of the body, often at the cost of a real and full communion of persons.

It's a bit embarrassing watching myself, but I couldn't get someone else to play me, that would've been stupid.