More than anything, it is that sense - that despite great differences in wealth, we rise and fall together - that we can't afford to lose.

A nation that can't control its energy sources can't control its future.

What's missing is not money, but a national sense of urgency.

Like any value, empathy must be acted upon.

America is big enough to accommodate all their dreams.

Someone once said that every man is trying to live up to his father's expectations or make up for their father's mistakes....

Writers are often given the gift of being spectacularly unhappy, so that they can record the full depth of feeling.

Homelessness is not the result of not having a house, it's lack of a soul in a body.

She was endowed with great beauty for all those attributes that were outside her control, but it was said that in all characteristics for which she herself was responsible, she was utterly wicked

Reflective of the deep sense of gratitude and respect Mongolians reserved for wolves, there was a belief that only through wolves could the spirit of a deceased human be set free to go to Heaven.

Vanz can't dance, but he'll steal your money.

I really just tried to make a record full of great songs, which is the goal I always have.

I'm hugely honored [with the Man Booker Prize].

My fame will outshine that of Victor Hugo or Napoleon

That's the goal. Just to go out and not try to prove anybody wrong but just let your talents speak for themselves.

There is something essentially sanguine about me, which I am inclined to attribute to the fact that I was born by caesarean section. It must affect you.