Society's revenge matched its fright.

Everything interested him and everything excited him.

William McKinley was a man made to be managed.

What other country has had the privilege of making the world's heart beat faster?

Diplomacy's primary law: LEAVE ROOM FOR NEGOTIATION.

The art of oratory was considered part of the equipment of a statesman.

The author says one patrician English leader saw his relationship with the populace thusly: He wasn't responsible TO them. He was responsible FOR them. He was responsible for their care.

A minister's (cabinet member's) function was not to DO the work but to see that it got done.

Duty was not untinged by ambition.

Britain had an air of careless supremacy which GALLED her neighbors.

Even his own speeches bored him.

Don't write when you're angry and under deadline, with time to test it only on friends who know what you mean, not on strangers who don't.

I love rainstorms...the thunder, lightning, wind, all of it. So much going on at once, so many emotions...just like me.

Nobody smart knows what they want to do until they get into their twenties or thirties.

I only read books I know I will like

You can read books without ever stepping into a library; and practice spirituality without ever going to a temple.

Restorative justice says "No, the offense affected a relationship" and what you are seeking for is to restore the relationship, to heal the relationship.

I can expect no sympathy or help from my family.

Men are very easy to get along with- they just want to come home to something pleasant.

I think our learning lies along the path of whatever it is we love.

I've made movies that cost less than one car chase. But that's part of the pleasure of doing it, pushing yourself in new directions.