The tendency of an advanced civilization is in truth monarchy.

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.

Jon Miller would be amazing for Yahoo because he is extremely good at building display advertising businesses and buying young startups.

It's very important to have a definitive style as a designer.

Something that is completely unwinnable. I mean, it becomes unwinnable if we decide to leave [Afghanistan].

With two books a year, I don't have time for writer's block.

We took away your art because we thought it would reveal your souls. Or to put it more finely, we did it to prove you had souls at all.

Summer is the sweet spot of the movie-going season -- and it's also peak season for Six Flags theme parks.

If you're crying under fire, then you wasn't built for war. If a pimp took your girl, then your girl was never yours.

You cannot schedule death.

When I'm writing poetry, 99.9% of my writing begins in English. I spent most of my life in English, although I am bilingual.

We have souls. And guardian angels. We are never alone. I feel so comforted knowing this.