A book should have an intellectual shape and a heft that comes with dealing with a primary subject.

Never assume the obvious is true.

Nobody stands taller than those willing to stand corrected.

To be accused of 'channeling' is to be dismissed as a ventriloquist's live dummy, derogated at not having a mind of one's own.

When articulation is impossible, gesticulation comes to the rescue.

As long as one American is hungry... then we have unfinished business in this country.

It is in the nature of tyranny to deride the will of the people as the voice of the mob, and to denounce the cry for freedom as the roar of anarchy.

The right to do something does not mean that doing it is right.

Only in grammar can you be more than perfect.

The Latin motto over Poindexter's new Pentagon office reads Scientia Est Potentia - "knowledge is power." Exactly: the government's infinite knowledge about you is its power over you.

Last, but not least, avoid cliches like the plague.

We can imprison ourselves with our wants, wishes, and false dreams.

Are cats strange animals or do they so resemble us that we find them curious as we do monkeys?

Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.

I'm a Mommy's Girl - the strongest influence in my young life was my mom.

Parenting is about preparing children to get along with each other, to get along with you and without you, and that it's impossible to get along without God.

I'd love to be a woman for one day of my life... God... I would be drunk with power.

Sorrow eats your heart and courage.

Are people happier with a smaller range of experiences?

I cannot think of a thing that was better in those good old days.

I've been trying to grow up some myself, in my heart, and it's happening quick and I feel good about it, and I want that to come out in the music.