Philanthropic leaders genially speak of complementing government, not competing with it as if monopoly were good and competition destructive-thus unwittingly conspiring against the public interest.

The foundation is an instrument forged by citizens who transfer profit from the commercial sector and put it directly to work as risk capital for the general betterment of the society.

Community is a consequence. It results when people come together to accomplish things that are important to them and succeed. People who are uninvolved cannot feel this connection.

You can't always rely on taking the pain. You need to learn to avoid it.

Once you connect with your mind, you are who you are and you’re free.

He cannot think. He can scarcely breathe. But he has no desire to either, he simply wants to keep kissing her.

Ambition destroys its possessor.

Robert Treat Paine was a signer of the Declaration of Independence.

We do not need to end Medicare. We don't need to throw people who are younger than 55 years old to the wolves which is what we do.

For now realize that you can change anything you want, but you can't change everything you want.

Don't forget that the most effective form of child abuse is giving a child everything they want.

I've seen the slip a few times. I don't have to watch something like that to go through the pain again and again and again.