Perhaps the comparison is closer to the Chinese cook who leaves hardly any part of a duck unserved.

There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.

My two fingers on a typewriter have never connected with my brain. My hand on a pen does. A fountain pen, of course. Ball-point pens are only good for filling out forms on a plane.

Hate is a lack of imagination.

Our worst enemies here are not the ignorant and simple, however cruel; our worst enemies are the intelligent and corrupt

Innocence always calls mutely for protection when we would be so much wiser to guard ourselves against it: innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.

Innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.

A story has no beginning or end: arbitrarily one chooses that moment of experience from which to look back or from which to look ahead.

A single feat of daring can alter the whole conception of what is possible.

Sweet are the thoughts that savor of content: the quiet mind is richer than a crown.

People who like quotes love meaningless generalizations

In the beginning there was faith - which is childish

Motivation doesn't work, Your decisions do!

Be a leader you would follow.

Freedom is will-power to define my path.

The years in captivity fuels character development

How could he possibly bow deeply enough to honor a thousand-year-old samurai queen?

We are usually undone by our lack of understanding of ourselves.

I was very lost as a teenager. Which is a horrible way to feel.

I'm definitely gonna be the People's champion ... but I just ain't gonna be the champ the way you want me to be the champ. I'm gonna be the champ the way I wanna be.

We forget that what matters begins with the imagination.