Born in a cellar, and living in a garret.

He who is good at excuses is generally good for nothing else.

Death and the dice level all distinctions.

For as the old saying is, When house and land are gone and spent Then learning is most excellent.

One who preserves all the exterior decencies of ignorance.

Woman, I tell you, is a microcosm; and rightly to rule her, requires as great talents as to govern a state.

Any kid will tell you that, yes, their music is both an escape and a survival mechanism, and that sometimes the music givesbthem hope and inspiration. It doesn't just placate and pacify.

In the last decade our attention span has dropped from 13 seconds to 8. To put that in comparison a goldfish has an attention span of 9 seconds. Don't be a goldfish.

We sometimes emphasize the danger in a crisis without focusing on the opportunities that are there.

Is it wrong to leave relative security in favor of unknown risk at the side of someone you love?

I think most people would be surprised at the length of the day whilst you're campaigning and then the variety of things that you do and you're asked to do.

Turning a human being into a thing is almost always the first step towards justifying violence against that person.

I have always believed that writing advertisements is the second most profitable form of writing. The first, of course, is ransom notes.

In the child, we see the grown-up. I see the problem differently.

Every home should have a room, or at least a nook with two chairs, where it is a sin punishable by immediate expulsion to speak of money, business, politics or the state of one's teeth.

Always be suspicious of those who pretend to know it all, claim their way is the best way and are willing to force their way on the rest of us.