The author who speaks about his own books is almost as bad as a mother who talks about her own children.

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.

The secret of success is constancy of purpose.

Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.

Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.

Never complain and never explain.

Finality is not the language of politics.

One has to learn contentment, forgiveness, and purpose on her own before the universe allows her to share her happiness with another soul.

If you can cut the head off of this broom-goober with that sword, then I'll believe you can gank zombies with it.

The construction of Europe is an art. It is the art of the possible.

There is nothing so powerful as truth, and often nothing so strange.

All partisan movements add to the fullness of our understanding of society as a whole. They never detract; or, in any case, one must not allow them to do so. Experience adds to experience.

[David] Bowie's last album "Blackstar" featured him backed by a jazz quartet.

I don't pretend to be an ordinary housewife.

The stuff I do and say onstage I can do easily. As a performer, that comes easily. But being social offstage, it's not easy for me.

If we are to know the Lord, we must go to Him. Listen to Him in silence before the Tabernacle and approach Him in the Sacraments.

I cringe every time republican senators say, "our Democratic friends." Chuck Schumer, if he is your friend, it's a problem. I mean, it shouldn't be, but we know it is.