She was beginning to recognize it as the feeling of anger taken to such a level it was no longer possible to separate it from any other emotion or thought. In a way, it was a liberating sensation.

I'm a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn't have the heart to let him down.

The real strength of therose bush is not in the flowers but in the roots and the branches.

At the bottom of not a little of the bravery that appears in the world, there lurks a miserable cowardice. Men will face powder and steel because they have not the courage to face public opinion.

And I spilled gravy on my Carolina sweater, because I am alive.

There's no hidden secrets going on in the Federal Reserve...

Stability leads to instability. The more stable things become and the longer things are stable, the more unstable they will be when the crisis hits.

I think we have a lot of tools, a lot of skills to do certain things.

Don't speak evil of someone if you don't know for certain, and if you do know ask yourself, why am I telling it?

Anyone that steps into the ring with me is facing a real welterweight.

Italy and Spain really are not my countries.