Soon after a heart-wrung decision something inevitably occurs to cast doubt on your choice. Holding steady against that doubt usually proves your decision.

Why are you surprised when the thing you run from as hard as you can only gets after and better at chasing you ...

My first kiss. One tiny, sweet, cosmic kiss. Like falling from a star, onto a cloud, and into a love song.

Why are you surprised when the thing you run from as hard as you can only gets faster and better at chasing you ...

Uncertainty and mystery are energies of life. Don't let them scare you unduly for they keep boredom at bay and spark creativity.

Soon after a hard decision something inevitably occurs to cast doubt. Holding steady against that doubt usually proves the decision.

The adversary system is a kind of warfare in mufti.

Timing degree and conviction are the three wise men in this life.

We only win at war because we fight another government. If we fought private industry we would not last until noontime.

Simple is pretty because it is plain

Victims of oppression & injustice don't need our spasm of passion....they need our legs & lungs of endurance.

Economics was the only profession where a person could be considered an expert without having once been right.

It's kind of funny to read the work of ex-Marines and soldiers because what they said to me as a reporter was only a fraction of what they were thinking and feeling and saying to one another.

A woman loses a charm with every pin she takes out.

TED was simply wonderful, an intellectual spa, a 21st-century Chataqua, superb and singular.

I chose to have a career, and I enjoyed it while I had it.

Be polite to all, but intimate with few.

Wimps go up to rebound with one hand, not two.

Pessimism leads to weakness. Optimism leads to power.