The secret is to create the condition for change, a process that sometimes takes decades, and then use certain men as pivot points, a fulcrum to move history.

The faith is not the problem, Bernadette. The problem is the faithful.

People want to believe.

Freedom is a terrible burden, much too heavy for the weak man to bear.

The surprise was worse that the pain. It showed a lack of awareness.

Time is the only thing even money can't buy.

You have all the time in the world when you know what you are doing.

Love your children while they are young. Because they grow up soon enough, and then… then the have no need of you.

I'm married to the future.

People believed what made them comfortable. What fit with their preconceptions of how the world worked.

Yeah, well, you believe what you want to. I live in the real world.

Build a name. Personal branding is all about name building. I don’t just mean alphabetical name, but a name that can be spelt in the skills you have and pronounced with the things you do

The most delightful surprise in life is to suddenly recognize your own worth.

In a stress pressure-cooker like America, I believe we will see more and more shooting massacres. Violence is in our cultural DNA.

Wanting to work is so rare a merit, that it should be encouraged.

Among all the kinds of serpents, there is none comparable to the Dragon.

I think there are some good players coming up. I think we are at a point where people can swallow a guitar solo in a pop rock record again.

Reasoning with a child is fine, if you can reach the child's reason without destroying your own.

Our success depends very largely upon how well we negotiate our way through our daily contacts with other people without friction or opposition.

To be located in society means to be at the intersection point of specific social forces. Commonly one ignores these forces one also knows that there is not an awful lot that one can do about this.

Whenever I'm sad I'm going to die, or so nervous I can't sleep, or in love with somebody I won't be seeing for a week, I slump down just so far and then I say: 'I'll go take a hot bath.