People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance.

It is human nature to instinctively rebel at obscurity or ordinariness.

Don't let the past steal your present. This is the message of Christmas: We are never alone.

I have been the victim of heartless malice.

Mankind adores its betrayers, and murders its saviors.

I like animals because they are not consciously cruel and don't betray each other.

It is inevitable, that eventually the people will demand absolute security from the state... And absolute security is absolute slavery.

A wise man distrusts his neighbor. A wiser man distrusts both his neighbor and himself. The wisest man of all distrusts his government.

Learning should be a joy and full of excitement. It is life's greatest adventure; it is an illustrated excursion into the minds of the noble and the learned.

Corrupt citizens breed corrupt rulers, and it is the mob who finally decides when virtue shall die.

Giving a phenomenon a label does not explain it.

To become the king of your territory you must not allow any of your time pass without converting it into building your skills in that area of life.

Some people say I raised a good child. I like to think of it as my child raised a good parent.

There's no reward without work, no victory without effort, no battle won without risk.

Young Cyclopes grow up alone on the streets, learn to make things out of scraps. Learn to survive...makes us appreciate blessings, not be greedy and mean and fat...

I am a proud member of the LGBT community and could never bear the idea that someone could say I was closeted.

Classic author moment, "Oh dear, did I kill that character or not?

I like a pickled cucumber. A regular cucumber I'm not so interested in.

The first rule of baseball is to get a good ball to hit.

A recent poll shows that a majority of blacks, whites, Asians and Hispanics do not think the Census should be classifying people as black, white, Asian and Hispanic.

Behind every great amusement park is a great fan site.