There's nothing honerable in a man who hides behind a blue woman's hanky.

A good leader is someone who knows what he's bad at, and hires someone who's good at it to take care of it for him.

Keep practicing," he told her."Until I get it right?" she said. But he corrected her."No. Until you don't get it wrong.

If everything is done for me... how will I ever learn?

You can always win points. Winning people’s respect is a lot more important.

It's surprising how often history is decided by something as trival as bad shellfish.

I will remember this word," he said. "Shenanigans. It is a good word.

I'll be needing a bridesmaid',she said.'A tall one. That way, I'll look more petite and feminine.

Success tended to make the unorthodox acceptable

How can you stay so calm?" It helps if you're terrified.

Sometimes," Halt continued, "we tend to expect a little too much of Ranger horses. After all, they are only human.

He learned...never to show his anger or hatred against a stronger adversary, for fear of being crushed.

To conform to a sick society is to become sick.

Also, I'll lose half a liter of water per day to breathing until the humidity in the Hab reaches its maximum and water starts condensing on every surface. Then I'll be licking the walls. Yay.

It is not the talking that counts between friends it is the never needing to say what counts.

The source of continuing aliveness was to find your passion and pursue it with whole heart and single mind.

Television has a real problem. They have no page two.

Robin McKinley's 'The Blue Sword' was a defining book of my teen years, and I'd love to have more books like that in the world.

Consider the difference between the first and third person in poetry [...] It's like the difference between looking at a person and looking through their eyes.

You might be a redneck if you think Silence of the Lambs is what happens when Larry walks out to the barn.

The down side these days is thinking that, “I can do this all on my own”. Yes, you can do this on your own but you’ll be a much happier human being if you do it with other human beings.