There may be arrogance – and the laziness of someone who is indefatigable when doing what he enjoys, but only when doing that.

Talk about presidents "taking" the country hither and yon is part of the foam of presidential elections.

People who have nothing much in mind for next week speak instead about the next century or millennium.

Time was when much of lawyering consisted (according to turn-of-the-century lawyer and statesman Elihu Root) in "telling would-be clients that they are damned fool's, and should stop.

In this age of 'whatever, ' Americans are becoming slaves to the new tyranny of nonchalance. " James Morris

He was one of the fortunate few for whom there simply was no discernible line between work and play, between creation and recreation.

Liberalism is not fond of fun, or at least of many forms of fun that many people like.

In Gladstone's mature years he lost faith not in God but in the ability of any government or state to act as the agent of God.

Enough anecdotes make a pattern.

Politics is always driven by competing worries.

From visible habits we make inferences as to the invisible attributes of the soul. Therefore, statecraft is soulcraft.

Your illusion can become a reality, when you let go of your fears.

Any time you talk to anyone about something that they love, they're, like, their most beautiful. It's a cool gift to get to talk to people about what they love.

Every choice eventually leads to wisdom.

God waits for us to create him.

Her hands were freezing, just like they always were, so I warmed them, just like I always did.

We all have different priorities. There's no one single set of ethical rules.

Syria is Iran's only ally in the Arab world. It's their route to the sea.

However, I learned something. I thought that if the young person, the student, has poetry in him or her, to offer them help is like offering a propeller to a bird.

I'm flatchested, I'm short, I'm brunette, I have droopy eyes, and so people have a hard time casting me as a 'beauty.'

The world sympathizes only with strong and powerful.