One January day, thirty years ago, the little town of Hanover, anchored on a windy Nebraska tableland, was trying not to be blown away.

There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm.

Success is never so interesting as struggle

Of all the bewildering things about a new country, the absence of human landmarks is one of the most depressing and disheartening.

The sky was a midnight-blue, like warm, deep, blue water, and the moon seemed to lie on it like a water-lily, floating forward with an invisible current.

The fact that I was a girl never damaged my ambitions to be a pope or an emperor.

It takes a great deal of experience to become natural.

Winter lies too long in country towns; hangs on until it is stale and shabby, old and sullen.

Elsewhere the sky is the roof of the world; but here the earth was the floor of the sky.

The stupid believe that to be truthful is easy; only the artist, the great artist, knows how difficult it is.

The end is nothing; the road is all.

The greatest mistake we make is living in constant fear that we will make one.

The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from time to time one can see the old aristocratic colours breaking through.

Humility exists only in those who are poor enough to see that they possess nothing of their own.

I understand religion is a walk, it's a journey. And I fully recognize that I'm a sinner, just like you.

Yes, hope is a strange thing. Peace at last. But at what price?

I will lay out my plan for the United Kingdom, which I hope can provide unity and change.

Gujarat, with its all inclusive, sustainable and rapid growth, is emerging as a globally preferred place to live in and to do business.

I'm not really a foodie; I could eat the same thing every night, and I go to restaurants that I can walk to.

Most people have been brainwashed into believing that their job is to copyedit the world, not to design it.

I think, for most of us is that once you get to a certain place in your career you're not having to elbow and knock people around and audition for parts.