Take up the White Man's burden -- send forth the best ye breed -- go, bind your sons to exile to serve your captives need.

Beware of overconcern for money, or position, or glory. Someday you will meet a man who cares for none of these things. Then you will know how poor you are.

I keep six honest serving men (they taught me all i knew); Theirs names are What and Why and When And How And Where and Who.

A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition

Of all the liars in the world, sometimes the worst are our own fears.

This is a brief life, but in its brevity it offers us some splendid moments, some meaningful adventures.

If you can keep your wits about you while all others are losing theirs, and blaming you. The world will be yours and everything in it, what's more, you'll be a man, my son.

I am by nature a dealer in words, and words are the most powerful drug known to humanity.

The silliest woman can manage a clever man; but it needs a very clever woman to manage a fool.

There is no sin so great as ignorance. Remember this.

Never look backwards or you'll fall down the stairs.

Without strength can we work?

Each book holds an experience and an adven

Happy soul, grateful heart.

It's amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions.

When I first started getting into the business, a young woman in a music game that was mostly men, I did feel inadequate.

I'm a magician, not a singer.

Utility then is not the measure of exchangeable value, although it is absolutely essential to it.

I think my feet are my sexiest body part. People I find really sexy include Angelina Jolie, George Clooney and my mum.

With music that I write, I like to have in there something you can relate to, a way to share the experience.

Political scientists almost everywhere have promoted the expansion of government power. They have functioned as the clergy of oppression.