We only win at war because we fight another government. If we fought private industry we would not last until noontime.

Why are you surprised when the thing you run from as hard as you can only gets after and better at chasing you ...

My first kiss. One tiny, sweet, cosmic kiss. Like falling from a star, onto a cloud, and into a love song.

Why are you surprised when the thing you run from as hard as you can only gets faster and better at chasing you ...

Uncertainty and mystery are energies of life. Don't let them scare you unduly for they keep boredom at bay and spark creativity.

Soon after a hard decision something inevitably occurs to cast doubt. Holding steady against that doubt usually proves the decision.

Soon after a heart-wrung decision something inevitably occurs to cast doubt on your choice. Holding steady against that doubt usually proves your decision.

The adversary system is a kind of warfare in mufti.

Timing degree and conviction are the three wise men in this life.

The rest of us need you to act, because if you don't, you're robbing yourself, your peers, your family, your organization, and the world of a contribution that only you can make.

If it is a first offense, you ground them and have a talk. The second offense would call for counseling.

Time ... advances like the slowest tide, but retreats like the swiftest torrent.

All that I have accomplished ... has been by that plodding, patient, persevering process of accretion which builds the ant heap particle by particle, thought by thought, fact by fact.

Confidence is a belief in myself and my ability. I built my confidence through hard training. I believed there was no one out there working any harder than me.

The Lord is more anxious to forgive our sins than a woman is to carry her baby out of a burning building.

Sitting around and waiting for your muse is not the best choice.

For what is there more hideous than avarice, more brutal than lust, more contemptible than cowardice, more base than stupidity and folly?

They say, "Gee, you look great." That means they thought you looked like hell before.

If you keep up with pop culture, everybody knows the joke.