Pride defeats its own end, by bringing the man who seeks esteem and reverence into contempt.

Nations, like men, have their infancy.

You have deceived our trust, and made us doff our easy robes of peace, to crush our old limbs in ungentle steel.

Dr. Manton taught my youth to yawn, and prepared me to be a High-Churchman, that I might never hear him read nor read him more.

Courage is essential to leadership.

I am the best in the world at what I do!

If we value all readers, we must value all reading.

Something that distinguishes my solo work from normal rap production is that it has a lot of melody - it's not just cutting up a song and having someone rap over it.

Human connections are deeply nurtured in the field of shared story.

The most sophisticated people I've ever known had just one thing in common: they were all in touch with their inner children.

I get nostalgic about having lived in Ames, Iowa, even though being a vegetarian in Iowa is not fun.

The position of the Muslim community in the face of all provocations seems to be: Islam is a religion of peace, and if you say that it isn't, we will kill you.

Some people who like dogs don't like cats, but I'm not like that.

In marriage a little licence, a little independence there must be between people living together day in and day out in the same house.