Facts mean nothing when they are preempted by appearance. Do not underestimate the power of impression over reality.

The capacity to learn is a gift; The ability to learn is a skill; The willingness to learn is a choice.

Any school for free citizens must begin by teaching distrust, not trust. It must teach questioning, not acceptance of stock answers.

It's so much more interesting to study a ... damaged world. I find it difficult to learn anything in a place that's too civilized.

Simplicity is the most difficult of all concepts.

It is astonishing how foolish humans can be in groups, especially when they follow their leader without question.

How will I be remembered by my children? This is the true measure of a man.

Life is filled with tests, one after another, and if you don't recognize them, you are certain to fail the most important ones.

The first step in innovation is to know that a thing can be created. After that, the rest is a matter of detail.

Let the future remain uncertain, for that is the canvas to receive our desires.

There is no man so blind as one who has made up his mind.

Somehow, I think God will forgive her. If not, eh, Hell has better parties anyway.

People have an idea that one is in control of a career, a lot more than you really are. You can engineer things to an extent. But you are at the mercy of what comes in across the desk.

Each day of your life, as soon as you open your eyes in the morning, you can square away for a happy and successful day.

To imagine things other than they are is the essence of hope. It is also the stuff of revolution.

Deconstruction glorifies the critic, humiliates the author, and makes the reader wonder why he bothered.

To me, presentations are the most powerful device. You can't really name a movement that didn't start with the spoken word.

Whenever somebody has an idea for a business and experiences quite a bit of success, you can naturally expect the government to step in and screw it up.

I have been told by hospital authorities that more copies of my works are left behind by departing patients than those of any other author.

Mother is a verb, not a noun.

Between Newt Gingrich, [Rudi] Giuliani and Chris Christie, they've got like the trifecta of misogyny.