A woman with a mind is fit for any task.

I considered myself most unfortunate because God had made me inhabit a female body in this world

It is a deed of greater charity to give a bit of bread to the poor in the time of high prices and famine, than a whole loaf in the time of fertility and abundance.

Just as women's bodies are softer than men's, so their understanding is sharper.

If it has to be that wars and battles are begun for many reasons and quarrels, then they should also be avoided and shunned by better and more valid reasons.

Only the dead fail to reach out with both hands.

there is no fire without smoke but there is often smoke without fire.

The foolish rush to end their lives. Only the steadfast soul survives.

How many women are there ... who because of their husbands' harshness spend their weary lives in the bond of marriage in greater suffering than if they were slaves among the Saracens?

Poetry's object is truth.

Does a rake deserve to possess anything of worth, since he chases everything in skirts and then imagines he can successfully hide his shame by slandering [women in general]?

If you want to breed something, breed bravehearts, not soulless racehorses.

If death is necessity life is a choice

Directing is probably the best job, but acting is really, really great. It's like a fun vacation that you get paid for.

I'm in favor of changing the destination of humans. There are a lot of manned missions that can be done, but not in the direction of the moon.

It's important to find a team where you can be comfortable. I know there are a lot of high expectatons.

I still want to be the candidate for guys with Confederate flags in their pickup trucks.

The city is the nerve center of our civilization. It is also the storm center.

The art of war is to gain time when your strength is inferior.

Throw back the shoulders, let the heart sing, let the eyes flash, let the mind be lifted up, look upward and say to yourself ... nothing is impossible!

One of the chief misfortunes of honest people is that they are cowardly.