My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.
Do it again on the next verse, and people think you meant it.
I am not now That which I have been.
You’ll miss the best things if you keep your eyes shut.
There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.
The bat thought I was giving him the kiss of life!
Show love, compassion, protection & generosity to those who depend on you – in fact, to everyone.
I don't try to imagine a personal god; it suffices to stand in awe at the structure of the world, insofar as it allows our inadequate senses to appreciate it.
The difficulty is to try and teach the multitude that something can be true and untrue at the same time.
It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall look upon what we think our present existence, as a dream.
As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.
The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present.
Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers.
There is nothing more miserable in the world than to arrive in paradise and look like your passport photo.
Central banks don't have divine wisdom. They try to do the best analysis they can and must be prepared to stand or fall by the quality of that analysis.
Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.
It is the story that owns and directs us. It is the thing that makes us different from cattle; it is the mark on the face that sets one people apart from their neighbors.
To the young people I say, you are a gift to your communities and indeed the world. You are our hope and our future.
Patriotism is usually stronger than class hatred, and always stronger than internationalism.
Go on, get out. Last words are for fools who haven't said enough.
I've got a woman's ability to stick to a job and get on with it when everyone else walks off and leaves it.