Memory... is an internal rumour.

The Declaration of Independence I always considered as a theatrical show. Jefferson ran away with all the stage effect of that... and all the glory of it.

All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.

I have a simple philosophy. Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. And scratch where it itches.

Blessed are the cracked, for they shall let in the light.

Not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means at the point of highest reality.

In the rush for justice it is important not to lose sight of principles the country holds dear.

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

Gold and silver from the dead turn often into lead.

Pretty much, Apple and Dell are the only ones in this industry making money. They make it by being Wal-Mart. We make it by innovation.

Courage is being scared to death... and saddling up anyway.

To the young people I say, you are a gift to your communities and indeed the world. You are our hope and our future.

The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present.

Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.

Modesty and conscientiousness receive their reward only in novels. In life they are exploited and then shoved aside.

The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody has decided not to see.

Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday.

A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, - a mere heart of stone.

In the intellectual order, the virtue of humility is nothing more nor less than the power of attention.

Television is chewing gum for the eyes.

The poor are prevented from thinking by the discipline of others, the rich by their own.