gossip ... was like any other commodity in the marketplace. You received it only if you had something of value to give.

The art of communication is the language of leadership.

Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.

If you set your goals ridiculously high and it's a failure, you will fail above everyone else's success.

Every time you have to speak, you are auditioning for leadership.

A river cuts through rock, not because of its power, but because of its persistence.

One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you can't utter.

People trample over flowers, yet only to embrace a cactus.

The great appear great to us.

The Irish people will only be free, when they own everything from the plough to the stars

Success is a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired.

Love is the most powerful gift we have to offer.

Black people dominate sports in the United States. 20% of the population and 90% of the final four.

You should not think that you can shape history only by your will. This is also why I'm against the concept of intervention when you don't know its ultimate implications.

I never base characters on real people - you can get into so much trouble that way!

I bathe in statistics.

It seemed to me that it was possible to translate light, forms, and character using nothing but color, without recourse to values.

To me, I always felt like I was carrying a torch for women of any size to be themselves - it doesn't matter whether you're a size 2 or a 22, just be who you are.

In youth, we clothe ourselves with rainbows, and go as brave as the zodiac.

[T]he army of wrongness rampant in the world might as well march over me.