When one is in office one has no idea how damnable things can feel to the ordinary rank and file of the public.

The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.

Diplomacy is the art of telling people to go to hell in such a way that they ask for directions.

There is nothing government can give you that it hasn't taken from you in the first place.

Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.

You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision.

A nation that forgets its past has no future.

a woman will tell youevery home she has ever inhabitedhas been broken intostarting with her body

Every person is an island in the sea of humanity.

Enjoy your dreams and empower others to live theirs.

Happiness greatness pride-nothing is secure nothing keeps.

I think that we're moving into this new phase of television where audiences are really embracing stories with a beginning, middle, and end.

If I ever complain about yachting around the Mediterranean with Madonna, who I just idolized as a child, I should be slapped across the face.

Let nature do the freezing and frightening and isolating in this world. let men work and love and fight it off.

There's a lot of hate mail from readers. There's hate mail, threats, stalkers... I think that I'm bulletproof every week when I've turned something in. I think, I'm a god.

Knowledge talks, wisdom listens.

It is said of a lonely man that he does not appreciate the life of society. This is like saying he hates hiking because he dislikes walking in thick forest on a dark night.