A friendliness, as of dwarfs shaking hands, was in the air...

Adventures do occur, but not punctually.

I'd far rather leave a thought behind me than a child. Other people can have children.

The issues Miss Quested had raised were so much more important than she was herself that people inevitably forgot her.

I think everyone fails, but there are so many kinds of failure.

There are different ways of evil and I prefer mine to yours.

He had no racial feeling—not because he was superior to his brother civilians, but because he had matured in a different atmosphere, where the herd instinct does not flourish.

In every remark he found a meaning, but not always the true meaning, and his life, though vivid, was largely a dream.

I need time every day to think.

Just to keep up with population growth, on average our economy needs to be adding about 125,000 jobs per month.

You never heard anybody ask 'Elvis who?'

[People] are tired of looking at what happens, they are tired of us having our... let's say finest and brightest not being involved in the most important decisions, and being someplace else.

I am happier than Jane; she only smiles, I laugh. Mr. Darcy sends you all the love in the world, that he can spare from me.

Imagining [The Wizard of Oz] without Judy Garland is a bit like dancing on wet cement: you can do it, but why would you want to?

The shore is an ancient world, for as long as there has been an earth and sea there has been this place of the meeting of land and water.

I think that charity is a tricky thing, because a lot of times, people equate charity with handouts. I don't believe in handouts.

The test of all knowledge is experiment. Experiment is the sole judge of scientific truth.

Leadership is neither showmanship nor dictatorship. Leadership is a stewardship and a partnership.