Tycoon had a peddler's talent for using words to redefine reality.

Most civilizations had more fiction than they did real history.

Sometimes, sitting here in the dark, slowly slowly creating strategy, she wondered if she was only fooling herself to think her plans were clever.

The best historical stories capture the modern imagination because they are, in many senses, still current - part of a continuum.

When you reframe problems as projects or opportunities, they will cease to bother you and begin to stimulate you.

I want to stay with the Orioles. I'd like to play here for the rest of my career. I don't want to go through this again in four years.

Forgive me if I sleep until I wake up.

Beauty always takes place in the particular.

I've made it very clear that I'm interested in voiceover work. I mean, I'm always looking for voiceover gigs. I love that.

It is not the years but the changes that make us grow.

When you love someone, the best you can offer is your presence.

How wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land.

Till all grace be in one woman, one woman shall not come in my grace.