Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

In terms of an identity, an identity reflects an individuality, by definition. And, if there is a quality present, it is recognizable and it can be named. If you can't name it, it means you don't recognize it.

There is nothing more miserable in the world than to arrive in paradise and look like your passport photo.

Children are a wonderful gift. They have an extraordinary capacity to see into the heart of things and to expose sham and humbug for what they are.

The American people should be made aware of the trend toward monopolization of the great public information vehicles and the concentration of more and more power over public opinion in fewer and fewer hands.

I want to go ahead of Father Time with a scythe of my own.

Who are you to judge the life I live? I know I'm not perfect-and I don't live to be-but before you start pointing fingers... make sure your hands are clean!

When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves.

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

All is disgust when a man leaves his own nature and does what is unfit.

Sunlight is painting.

My government will be open. Anyone found guilty of corruption will be dealt with in accordance with the law. If you are corrupt you will have to hang your boots.

I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.

Time means a lot to me because you see I am also a learner and am often lost in the joy of forever developing.

Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side.

Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.

Only those with no memory insist on their originality.

One must judge men not by their opinions, but by what their opinions have made of them.

When people talk of the freedom of writing, speaking or thinking I cannot choose but laugh. No such thing ever existed. No such thing now exists; but I hope it will exist. But it must be hundreds of years after you and I shall write and speak no more.

The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.

I apologize for lying to you. I promise I won't deceive you except in matters of this sort.