You can't stop progress, but you can help decide what is progress and what isn't.

Instead of past, present and future, I'd prefer chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry.

To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first, and call whatever you hit the target

Be kind to unkind people. They need it the most.

Please don't lie to me,unless,you're sure I'll never find out the truth.

The greatest obstacle to discovering the truth is being convinced that you already know it.

I want either less corruption, or more chance to participate in it.

I too have known joy and sadness, and, on the whole, I prefer joy.

I'll give up my bad habits as soon as equally satisfying good habits become available.

I may not be perfect, but parts of me are excellent.

Keep some souvenirs of your past, or how will you ever prove it wasn't all a dream?

I am being adult day by day but the first sorrow of my life is still fresh as warm ash.

I directed the men in our barque to approach near the savages, and hold their arms in readiness to do their duty in case they notice any movement of these people against us.

Faith believes in spite of the circumstances and acts in spite of the consequences.

There's room in the world for one historical folk-rock singer to make a decent living, and I happen to be it.

In the same way 'Lord of the Rings' was an interpretation of the book, 'The Hobbit' is being treated the same way. It will be faithfully represented with a fresh interpretation.

To call yourself a socialist in 2015 is to be an idiot. Socialism fails. Everywhere.

I was a real skateboarder, not a gifted skateboarder. I represented that skateboarding was fun to do by being terrible at it.

When I speak it is in order to be heard.

In Fact, My Soul And Yours Are The Same, You Appear In Me, I In You.

You should have seen your face," she said, her breath hot in my ear. "Sa-woooon.