I've learned over a period of years there are setbacks when you come up against the immovable object; sometimes the object doesn't move.

Courage is one step ahead of fear.

We need to dream big dreams, propose grandoise means if we are to recapture the excitement, the vibrancy, and pride we once had.

Swearing is an art form. You can express yourself much more exactly, much more succinctly, with properly used curse words.

We must take the profit out of prejudice.

There is no brilliant single stroke that is going to transform the water into wine or straw into gold.

Neither humans nor the Gods that they have created are superior to old Mother Nature.

There's a lot of expectation after you do something that seems to have been well received. It's kind of unfair.

The process of living seems to consist in coming to realize truths so ancient and simple that, if stated, they sound like barren platitudes.

You must develop the habit of skepticism, not swallow every piece of superstition you are told by witch-doctors and professors.

I love him who desireth not too many virtues. One virtue is more of a virtue than two, because it is more of a knot for one's destiny to cling to.

I really chess-play culture shifts. I'm really good at understanding what worldwide cell-phone use means. That's what I do. I try to picture it three to four to five steps ahead.

Passion lies between one mark and the next, and also within all of them.

You're jeans are full of crap. You're full of beans, you're in you teens. You've lost your mama's road map.

The burgeoisie, by the rapid improvement of all instruments of production, by the immensely facilitated means of communication, draws all nations into civilization.

It does not pay to be friendly with officers, they take advantage of you.