Richard Burton had a tremendous passion for the English language, especially the spoken and written word

Books have the power to create, destroy or change civilization.

Our actions in the present build the staircase to the future. The question is whether that staircase is going up or down.

But I hope you don’t feel the hurt as much as I did. You are too weak and fragile to stand that ache. Remember, you always will be.

If, after the election, you find a Cy Vance as Secretary of State and a Zbigniew Brzezinski as head of National Security, then I would say we failed. And I'd quit.

My family doesn't do happy endings. We do sad endings or frustrating endings or no endings at all. We are hardwired to expect the next interruption or disappearance or broken promise.

We will see the increasingly rapid rate of growth weve already been seeing in Colorado continue.

When you are caught in the heavy rains of anger, open the umbrella of mind, take refuge under the roof of reason!

I have for many years been puzzled by the persistence of Hugh Hefner. Why is he still here?

Dear Mother, I am getting on nicely in my work at the bank, and like it ... I want to find out something about the science of money while I am at it; it is an extraordinarily interesting subject.

It does not pay to be friendly with officers, they take advantage of you.