Mankinds struggle upwards, in which millions are trampled to death, that thousands may mount on their bodies.

Leave a legacy of love, not a legacy of fear.

The thing about tears is that they can be as quiet as a cloud floating across the desert sky.

Without the Empire we should be tossed like a cork in the cross current of world politics. It is at once our sword and our shield.

One cannot deny that if a person has the energy to get you interested and excited, then that is half the battle won, like all the great leaders had this quality.

You don't get tired of muffins, but you don't find inspiration in them.

We are not the only animal that mourns; apes do, and elephants, and dogs. Yet we are the only one that tortures.

You don't come into cooking to get rich.

I'm actually very good with Home Depot-handy type of paintwork.

You can't be from Montgomery, Alabama, and not have a background in the church. It's at the core of who we are as a people.

The Universe responds to specificity.