Towering genius disdains a beaten path ... It scorns to tread in the footsteps of any predecessor, however illustrious. It thirsts for distinction.

I will prepare, and someday my chance will come.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

No man is poor who has a Godly mother.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.

We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.

I don't see myself directing things I don't write because, to me, directing was just an extension of the writing process.

I manifested in a dreamlike way to dreamlike beings and gave a dreamlike Dharma, but in reality I never taught and never actually came.

It's about labeling. For me feminism is bra-burning lesbianism. It's very unglamorous. I'd like to see it rebranded. We need to see a celebration of our femininity and softness.

I nationalize strategic companies and get criticized, but when Bush does it, it's OK. ... Bush is turning socialist. How are you, comrade Bush?

Put a chair against the door, and turn the lights down low Write a letter to yourself, no one will ever know

There's a lot of negative messaging and it beats on you after a while. And people are growing up with that stuff and they start believing it themselves.

In much of the world, the most dangerous thing a woman can do is become pregnant.

A smart terminal is not a smartass terminal, but rather a terminal you can educate.

Procrastinatio n and indulgence are nothing more than creditors who charge us interest.

Investments in immunization yield a rate of return on a par with educating our children - and higher than nearly any other development intervention.