We go round and round trying to convince one another that our opinion makes more sense. And the only winner is time for making us look like fools by wasting it.

The only thing better than a well-read book is a well-read book only read by yourself.

Reading for enjoyment won't die altogether, but this Ereader device has the potential to repel those less imaginative from fiction. And that could have an undesirable domino effect.

With a little bit of spirit in her system to help her weave the lies and facts together, Emily told the partial truth.

The only thing more interesting than the truth is fiction dressed up as the truth.

If that's the example you want set, you be the example.

I tried to kill myself when I was thirteen but failed. That was the greatest failure of my life.

Young lovers. If you get it right, it's amazing what you can share. The challenging part is maintaining it.

No one knows if something works until it actually works. That's why you must always try.

Fear doesn't gain respect. It just makes people do what you want to shut you up and get you away from them.

Maybe I am just an old fool with foolish thoughts, but those foolish thoughts allow this old fool to sleep quite comfortably at night.

To love one’s self, this is the greatest challenge we are all called to face.

Don't be blurred by impulse, to avoid regrets, refrain from doing things that will make you regret.

I was born for this moment in Earth's history and if you believe you are a lightworker, so were you.

Those opposed to abortion cannot simply invoke God's will-they have to explain why abortion violates some principle that is accessible to people of all faiths.

War crimes will be prosecuted. War criminals will be punished. And it will be no defense to say, 'I was just following orders.'

I get curious about new things. My real strength is going into a field that has not been investigated before, and finding new approaches to it.

Lesson learned: Don't ever put a guy up on a pedestal. It's too easy for him to tip over and fall off.

Titles of honour are like the impressions on coin; — which add no value to gold and silver, but only render brass current.

I got a mother who's very strong after taking the whippings that she took from my father.

I've always written very tightly, and there's a good reason for that. There's no point in using words that you're not going to apply.