To me, the thing that is worse than death is betrayal.

The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power. Because they control the minds of the masses.

A wise man can play the part of a clown, but a clown can't play the part of a wise man.

We need more light about each other. Light creates understanding, understanding creates love, love creates patience, and patience creates unity.

When 'I' replaced with 'We', even the illness becomes wellness.

I have more respect for a man who lets me know where he stands, even if he's wrong, than the one who comes up like an angel and is nothing but a devil.

Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.

If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.

You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it.

The mother is the first teacher of the child. The message she gives that child, that child gives to the world.

Read absolutely everything you get your hands on because you'll never know where you'll get an idea from.

We each must select the best hardships for our best future.

People from the past, have a tendency to walk back into the present, and run over the future.

England was a cold, backward, rebellious little kingdom. It's king: Henry the Eighth, remembered principally for his six wives and the chicken legs clutched in his fat fists.

All of today's DNA, strung through all the cells of the earth, is simply an extension and elaboration of [the] first molecule.

When you get caught up on other peoples' problems, solve them with caution so you don't suffer the excessive burdens of regrets.

If you sing a song of peace with enough gestures and grimaces, it becomes a war song.

Truth is meant to save you first, and the comfort comes afterwards.

Time is that wherein there is opportunity, and opportunity is that wherein there is no great time.

A tired nation, said David Lloyd George, is a Tory nation, and the United States today cannot afford to be either tired or Tory.

So much emotion goes into writing fiction.