Usually it takes me about nine to 12 months to write a book.

Her smile put the sunflower to shame.

She was elusive. She was today. She was tomorrow.

if you learn to hate one or two persons... you'll soon hate millions of people.

Live today. Not yesterday. Not tomorrow. Just today. Inhabit your moments. Don't rent them out to tomorrow.

Everybody has an angel hiding inside. When you die, your angel comes out. You can die, but not your angel. Your angel never dies.

When you own nothing, it's easy to let things go.

Life is populated with scarecrows—all those people and things that seem so scary and trouble our sleep. Isn't it nice to know that most of them turn out to be made of nothing but straw?

Who are you?' I didn't understand the question. I'm Uri', he said. 'What's your name?' I gave him my name. 'Stopthief.

How much better might human communication be if words were as precious as diamonds? If each of us were allotted only 100 words per day?

We long to be found, hoping our searchers have not given up and gone home.

I've always been amused by the contention that brain work is harder than manual labor. I've never known a man to leave a desk for a muck-stick if he could avoid it.

I am very bad at drawing. Seriously. I can draw shoes. That's about it.

There is a lot of difference at McDonald's between the guy in the back making the fries and the manager up front who is running the place.

The quality of a restaurant's food is inversely proportioned to the amount of fun its staff seems to be having.

It was pleasant to talk shop again; to use that elliptical, allusive speech that one uses only with another of one's trade.

Leaders have to be dealers in hope.

My Jesus, if you uphold me, I shall not fall.

Fighting corruption is not a one-night affair.

You never agree with any one candidate 100 percent. I don't agree with myself 100 percent. You don't even agree with me 100 percent.

I just don't want to give them my name and say, 'Do whatever you want.' I am trying to create my brand.