I'd rather fiddle with my phone for precious seconds than neglect an apostrophe; I'd rather insert a word laboriously keyed out than resort to predictive texting for a - acceptable to some - synonym.

If you want to be proud of yourself, then do things in which you can take pride

A clear vision, backed by definite plans, gives you a tremendous feeling of confidence and personal power.

To find a mountain path all by oneself gives a greater feeling of strength than to take a path that is shown.

I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.

Desire outweighs footwork when it comes to crashing the glass

It could be argued that every age gets the comfort savagery writer it deserves.

Anyone can get a job, but do you have a purpose?

If you are in a bad relationship with anyone else, it is because you are in a bad relationship with yourself.

Always carry a notebook. And I mean always. The short-term memory only retains information for three minutes; unless it is committed to paper you can lose an idea for ever.

The summer demands and takes away too much. /But night, the reserved, the reticent, gives more than it takes

A hot lust for glory, gems, gold or mates, Leads reckless young drakes to the blackest of fates.

Lovers may be - and indeed generally are - enemies, but they never can be friends, because there must always be a spice of jealousy and a something of Self in all their speculations.

Art attests to what is inhuman in man.

It is high time for me to depart, for at my age I now begin to see things as they really are.

Minds think with ideas, not information No amount of data, bandwidth, or processing power can substitute for inspired thought.

Every nation has to either be with us or against us. Those who harbor terrorists or who finance them, uh, are going to pay a price.

Photography is about freezing a moment in time; McGinley's is about freezing a stage in a lifetime.

Opponents are working very hard to defeat us. Let's not do it for them by defeating ourselves from within.

I'm the only one sitting alone, under the glowing neon sign which reads, "Complete and Total Loser, Not Quite Sane. Stay Away. Do Not Feed.

I shudder at the concept of a world tamed.