The suspicion and antagonism of academics, clerics and intellectuals towards the market... go hand in hand with their disdain for the preference and habits of ordinary people.

Aid is the process by which the poor in rich countries subsidize the rich in poor countries.

For every new mouth to feed, there are two hands to produce.

Far from the West having caused the poverty in the Third World, contact with the West has been the principal agent of material progress there.

Don't care for her tongue, do you? How strange. I find it one of my favorite parts.Bones to Gregor

Build your dreams through your imagination by looking into the future and considering all possibilities.

Don’t kill yourself just because you think and feel you are empty. God needs empty vessels to fill!

Anxiety, and the physical symptoms it causes, is merely fog along the path of independence and discovery.

It's no wonder I became a monster, too.

The Americans are our best friends - whether we like it or not.

The advance of genetic engineering makes it quite conceivable that we will begin to design our own evolutionary progress.

You will not believe me, but I am proud of your strength. Sometimes. . . sometimes the only way I can care for my children is to keep my distance.

The flight experience itself is incredible. It's addictive. It's transcendent. It is a view of the grand plan of all things that is simply unforgettable.

I tend to listen to my friends and family empathetically, and I try to help work through their problems from the inside. I try to adopt their thinking.