The true nature of a democracy is its ability to say yes when even the powerful say no

The world does not turn without moments of grace. Who cares how small.

The luxury of age was the giving up of vanity.

We seldom know what echo our actions will find, but our stories will most certainly outlast us.

It was as if they wanted to take their older bodies and put their younger hearts inside.

An optimist is a braver cynic.

His body, his mind, his soul, had, for years, served only for the profit of others. He had his own people to whom he was pledged. Three million. They were the currency of his freedom.

She expected no judgement and wanted no pity.

And there are moments that I would like to know what might have happened if it hadn't happened, and why it happened the way it did, and what it might have taken to prevent it from happening.

You will evolve past certain people. Let yourself.

The present moment is the only time over which we have dominion. The most important person is always the person you are with, who is right before you,

Words to me were magic. You could say a word and it could conjure up all kinds of images or feelings or a chilly sensation or whatever. It was amazing to me that words had this power.

Man loves everything that satisfies his comfort. He hates everything that wants to draw him out of his acquired and secured position and that disturbs him. Thus he loves the house and hates art.

I could sing you a thousand and one doo-wop songs. I love the simplicity in that music. It's not super-poetic, it's just from the heart.

I can't blame Angela Merkel for saying she wants a strong euro.

To regain our liberty (and our distance), we must slow the images down.

I feel comfortable, I'm definitely feeling challenged but with each day I gain more experience. I'm just trying to improve each day.

If you melt dry ice in a pool and go swimming, will you get wet?

I have absolutely no doubt at all that we will find evidence of weapons of mass destruction programmes.