Tone can be as important as text.

The fireworks begin today. Each diploma is a lighted match. Each one of you is a fuse.

I'm not the type to get ulcers. I give them.

The pure culture is the foundation for all research on infectious disease.

Embrace change. Envision what could be, challenge the status quo, and drive creative destruction.

I believe my business and non-profit investments are much more beneficial to societal well-being than sending more money to Washington.

There was always a love-hate relationship with New York in the rest of the country, but I made them feel more love than hate.

If they don't want to pay for it, they can stop drinking it.

Strive for excellence in few things, rather than good performance in many.

A truly free society is based on a vision of respect for people and what they value.

You aren't just the age you are. You are all the ages you ever have been!

Success is more a function of consistent common sense than it is of genius.

Graphic designers judge a cover by its book.

Why lie, Robert? Why lie? You know that lying is the alcoholics kryptonite, you can’t afford it, the reasonable voice in his head screamed.

Listen to the inner voice that allows you to be you!

The real contest is always between what you've done and what you're capable of doing. You measure yourself against yourself and nobody else.

A proud heart and a lofty mountain are never fruitful.

One of the things that all authors of fiction must learn to judge is whether - and in what detail - to describe the face of a character.

There are no scores for good intention, it either happened or it didn't. Get to work.

The twentieth century provides little or no evidence in any corner of the globe to support the contention that religion causes most human conflict.

I doubt about myself. I think doubts are good in life. The people who don't have doubts I think only two things-arrogance or not intelligence.