The King did not summon the Estates because he needed them, but out of his own pleasure.

Only fools, pure theorists, or apprentices fail to take public opinion into account.

More sailors have drowned in words than in the sea.

I just feel really grateful that I can pursue my dreams and also reach people in ways that I never expected.

Gaming has been resorted to by the affluent as a refuge from ennui. It is a mental dram, and may succeed for a moment; but, like all other stimuli, it produces indirect debility.

I never considered the working class anything other than something to get out of.

I'm not an urban person.

I have not wanted syllables where actions have spoken so plainly.

Were aligning ourselves with Kerry. Our allegiance will be for peace, against war, no more deaths for oil, and for a dialogue between the government of Spain and the new Kerry administration.

Courage is an inner resolution to go forward despite obstacles; Cowardice is submissive surrender to circumstances.

Exposure to false doctrine places a person at risk not just for theological errors but for moral failure.

It is so much worse to be a mediocre artist than to be a mediocre post-office clerk.