Gods can only keep their promises in books

The end of love looks like the beginning of war

Life is a dream. We wake up when we die

Christianity has so much taken roots among us that drunkards sing gospel songs on their way home

In leadership, the way up is down. Serve before you get served

You need to have the means to impose yourself

The only lesson you can learn from history is that it repeats itself

Women understand the workings of nature than men. They trust in their instincts while men consider this behavior weakness.

Peace is something you only have when your enemy is gone. Either after you have turned him into a friend or vanquished him

It's useless to disarm the hands, if the heart remains armed

A man should not compete with his wife in talk but in silence

One cannot judge 'Lohengrin' from a first hearing and I certainly do not intend to hear it a second time.

Everybody likes to gossip. But it can be a little scary to have people knowing secrets about me when I don't know anything about them. It's not exactly a two-way street there.

I've always had a problem with people who couldn't tell the truth or admit a mistake and say they're wrong.

In fact, I think new media is going to make a big difference with injecting more people of color into Hollywood and non-Hollywood.

A lot of comedians are selfish.

I'm not as optimistic as Gene Roddenberry was. I fall somewhere in the middle. But as a romantic, I like to think things are going to get bigger rather than worse.

My parents were always very supportive and accepting. They even shared my curiosity for life, or perhaps I theirs.

I say to my friends, 'Don't just listen to the vuvuzelas; look at who scores the goals.' And this is the important thing.

People think I'm educated because I talk and write well, but the fact is I never finished high school. I've read a lot, is all.

Is there anything worse for a state than to be split and disunited? or anything better than cohesion and unity?