In the battle of existence, Talent is the punch; Tact is the clever footwork.
Obstacles are challenges for winners and excuses for losers.
When I get nervous, I go to the library and hang around. The libraries are filled with people who are nervous. You can blend in with them there. You're bound to see someone more nervous than you are in a library. Sometimes the librarians themselves are more nervous than you are. I'll probably be a librarian for that reason. Then if I'm nervous on the job, it won't show. I'll just stamp books and look things up for people and run back and forth to the staff room sneaking smokes until I get hold of myself. A library is a great place to hid.
We are what we are. We don't have to define it or label it.
Strangers take a long time to become acquainted, particularly when they are from the same family.
You can become anything you want to be. . . It's a matter of authority. Whatever a man's confidence, that's his capacity.
Once you know something is wrong, you're responsible, whether you see it, or hear about it, and most particularly when you're a part of it.
I have assured His Majesty that our war is against evil, not against Islam. There are thousands of Muslims who proudly call themselves Americans, and they know what I know - that the Muslim faith is based upon peace and love and compassion. The exact opposite of the teachings of the al Qaeda organization, which is based upon evil and hate and destruction.
You can't teach a young musician to compose any more than you can teach a delicate plant to grow, but you can guide him a little by planting a stick in here and a stick in there.
That is one of the characteristics of fascism, the idea that the state can provide all of the answers for everyone.
God is religion; religion is God! There is no need ever for holy books, for holy rules or for so called holy envoys! God is religion; religion is God!