Nothing is easier than to find some individuals—in any group—who share a given writer’s opinion, and to quote such individuals as if their views were typical.

Intellect is not wisdom.

Nothing is easier than to get peaceful people to renounce violence, even when they provide no concrete ways to prevent violence from others.

Reality does not go away when it is ignored.

And when two people understand each other in their inmost hearts, Their words are sweet and strong like the fragrance of orchids.

Guns are like men—only useful for a little while. They can go off at a moment's notice when you don't want them to and they make a lot of damn fool noise doing it.

That's the thing you learn about values: they're what people make up to justify what they did.

I think the job of the artist is to remind people of what they have chosen to forget.

No development strategy can be based only upon what comes out of the ground, nor can it be sustained while young people are out of work.

My life has been very full.

I do not love thee, Sabidius, nor can I say why; I can only say this, "I do not love thee."

To his ex-wife in court, he said I lost interest in you when the Botox lost its effect and you looked like a plastic doll that escaped from a fire.

A dozen war reporters and TV crew, and the King Kong Elvis sang right on cue.

We pass by common objects or persons without noticing them; but the keen eye detects and notes types everywhere and among all classes.