Sometimes you have to lie. But to yourself you must always tell the truth.

Harriet never minded admitting she didn't know something. So what, she thought, I could always learn.

I feel there's a funny little hole in me that wasn't there before, like a splinter in your finger, but this is somewhere above my stomach.

You know what? You're an individual, and that makes people nervous. And it's gonna keep making people nervous for the rest of your life.

Don't mess with anybody on a Monday. It's a bad, bad day.

Gone is gone. I never miss anything or anyone because it all becomes a lovely memory. I guard my memories and love them, but I don't get in them and lie down.

There are as many ways to live as there are people.

Life is a struggle and a good spy gets in there and fights.

If you ever get in real trouble, don't panic. Sit down and think about it. Remember two things, always. There must be some way out of it and there must be humor in it somewhere.

There is no sight so ugly as the human face in anger.

It won't do you a bit of good to know everything if you don't do anything with it.

There's a cover for every pot, but I've never seen so many mismatched pots and covers in all my life. - Ellen Wasserfeldman, from Notes from Ellen Wasserfeldman by Alisa Dana Steinberg

You don't know what you don't know

Keep the faith. Allow Christ full reign in your life.

For how long are you going to keep wasting your money, time, and energy trying to impress people who will never matter in your life?

The extension of life beyond Earth is the most important thing we can do as a species.

I hate babies. They're so human.

One of the most important reasons for North Korea continuing its nuclear ambitions is to consolidate the power to stay within the Kim Jong Il family.

My daughter is a fantastic travelling companion - she's totally organised, whereas I'm hopeless.

Beginnings are definitely the most exciting, middles are perplexing and endings are a disaster.

Guitar players never listen to lead singers.