While the farmer holds the title to the land, actually, it belongs to all the people because civilization itself rests upon the soil.

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.

The end of democracy and the defeat of the American Revolution will occur when government falls into the hands of lending institutions and moneyed incorporations.

I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.

I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.

Truth between candid minds can never do harm.

The government you elect is the government you deserve.

Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.

What could possibly go wrong with faking love with a stranger on national TV?

I have yet to discover if you will be my salvation or my demise.

Steve Jobs didn't really set the direction of my Apple I and Apple II designs but he did the more important part of turning them into a product that would change the world. I don't deny that.

I love people who just started making movies - first-timers, second-timers. They take chances.

I thoroughly believe that reading and literature can help a society to better understand itself.

New Zealand is a place where you can get well.

I've got so many mountains to climb and goals to conquer. I've got so many scars I want to leave on the planet. I just feel like I'm not there yet. I feel like I am just getting started.

I liked the banana-seat bikes with the high handlebars - maybe a card in the wheel could have been part of it.

For at the end of the day, prosperity goes beyond material pleasures.

In my case, the long gaps between my books have got quite a lot to do with lack of confidence. A lot of the time when I'm not writing I start thinking I can't do it.