She had discovered that her love of knowing was not unnatural or sinful but the direct consequence of a God-given ability to reason.

There was always a way, when one knew what one wanted.

Who was to know what went on in a person's heart? A wise woman kept her own counsel.

She did not care about anything very much. Hope was gone. She existed that was all.

This was the price for the the strange life she had chosen, but she had gone into it with eyes open, and there was no profit in regret.

Why, she wondered, do we always reserve our worst hatred for our own?

It was a child's awareness, never spoken or even fully acknowledged, but deeply felt.

Being hypnotized by content is a disease.

On this matter I'm inclined to agree with the French, who gaze upon any personal dietary prohibition as bad manners.

It’s easy to be a hero when your own survival is aligned with someone else’s, when your victory is a victory for your entire clan.

I think our problems are inherently unsolvable. We need to change our genetic make-up or create computers that will think us out of it. I don't think humans are able to deal with what we have.

I'm coming for Ryan Seacrest - I want to be the black Ryan Seacrest for BET. I want to host, I want to produce, I want to do everything for the network.

The best way to defend America in this world we live in is to stay on the offense.

Being in the Final Four was a dream of mine growing up, and I was unable to fulfill that dream, but I feel like I had a great college career and won a lot of games.

There are many spokes on the wheel of life. First, we're here to explore new possibilities.

I work with deadlines. It is terrible to be an artist where you are just producing work and nobody gives a damn. Nobody wants to show it.

Besides being a guitar player, I'm a big fan of the guitar. I love that damn instrument.