Self-interest, be it enlightened, works indirectly for the public good.

Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes!

The history of literature is the history of the human mind.

For it is the business of Ethics, I must insist, not only to obtain true results, but also to find valid reasons for them.

Life is a bubble in a lake, that glitters for an instant, bursts, and leaves not even a blur on the water; it is the leap of a minnow, which sends a tiny ripple trembling for a few inches.

Guilty as charged. We are very much supportive of the family - the biblical definition of the family unit.

Born Originals, how comes it to pass that we die Copies?

Sometimes you have this tragedy which turns into an incredible opportunity.

I like Colin Powell, I like his West Indian background, I like his intellect, I like a lot of things that he does and his style. What is at fault here is a policy that's taking this country to hell.

Society proceeds like the ocean. After a disaster, it resume its wonted level and rhythms; its devouring interests efface all traces of damage.

Everybody gets high, everybody gets low, these are the days when anything goes.

But most days, I wander around feeling invisible. Like I'm a speck of dust floating in the air that can only be seen when a shaft of light hits it.

There's that old adage about how there's only seven plots in the world and Shakespeare's done them all before.