That way of life against which my generation rebelled had given us grim courage, fortitude, self-discipline, a sense of individual responsibility, and a capacity for relentless hard work.

A kiss without a mustache is like an egg without salt.

As an American I am of course fundamentally opposed to democracy and to anyone advocating or defending democracy, which in theory and practice is the basis of socialism.

Happiness is something that comes into our lives through doors we don't even remember leaving open.

Men in Government monopolize the necessary use of force; they are not using their energies productively; they are not milking cows. To get butter, they must use guns; they have nothing else to use.

No state, no government exists. What does in fact exist is a man, or a few men, in power over many men.

What I can't understand is, how can anybody figure now that the government can support us, when we support the government.

It was not seen that woman's place was in the home until she began to go out of it; the statement was a reply to an unspoken challenge, it was attempted resistance to irresistible change.

The need for Government is the need for force; where force is unnecessary, there is no need for Government.

We are never aware of the present; each instant of living becomes perceptible only when it is past, so that in a sense we do not live at all, but only remember living.

I'm not "filled with my art". I ain't got no art. I've got only a kind of craftsman's skill, and make stories as I make biscuits or embroider underwear or wrap up packages.

So long as human beings stay human, death and life are the same thing.

We Burmese, ' he began, 'are experts at looking for what's not there. It's something you should learn to do too. You must look for what's missing and learn how to find the truth in these absences.

Sylvia Plath and I met a long time ago. A really long time ago. Was it a summer day? No! It was a wintry November morning!

Our enemy attacks the conscience little by little seeking to wear us down and then wears out a leader's resolve to fight the good fight.

If wanting to win is a fault, as some of my critics seem to insist, then I plead guilty. I like to win. I know no other way. It's in my blood.

In Wales, singing and storytelling are party skills, not professions.

And I, what is my crime I cannot tell, Unless it be a crime to haue lou'd too well.

If you begin to guard wealth it will not be yours. But if you begin to distribute it, you will not lose it.

The uplift of the women, the awakening of the masses must come first, and then only can any real good come about for the country, for India.

I believe man will not merely endure, he will prevail...because he has a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance.