You win minds through your brilliance. You win hearts through your tenderness. You win souls through your benevolence.

A genuine smile is one of the world’s rarest treasures.

A fish that is afraid of drowning in a river is ignorant of its gifts.

A diamond earns its sparkle from the pressure it endures.

It is in the storm, not the calm, that a rainbow is born.

A determined seed cannot be hidden from the world, not even by dirt.

Calm skies don't make skillful eagles.

If you cry in the rain, only the sky will see your tears.

Birds keep singing beautiful songs, even if they have no audience.

Today's storms help you appreciate tomorrow’s sunshine.

Train the ears to hear more, the eyes to see more, the hands to do more, the feet to accomplish more, the mind to think more, the heart to feel more, and the soul to love more.

The guy had guts—I had to give him that. Later on I was hoping for a first-hand look at them.

Art and music are the vehicle for the zeitgeist.

I'm not opposed to the use of force.

Only ... from personal experience [can a man] take the necessary measures without a preliminary process of trial and error.

I love dogs, but dogs, you have to be in the country with dogs. I cannot walk a dog on the street.

In rare instances you have to give up what you thought was a great scene.

NYC, You Inspire Me to never stop exploring the endless possibilities of food.

My dear fellow, the truth isn’t quite the sort of thing one tells to a nice, sweet, refined girl. What extraordinary ideas you have about the way to behave to a woman!

And, of course, some SF is set close enough to here and now that Anglo and European do apply. Since many of the writers come from those backgrounds, so does much of the fiction.

If I feel like doing something, I do it. If I feel like saying something, I say it. If I feel like dancing, I do. If I don't, I don't.