The ambitious strive to be well known

I have had wealth, rank and power, but, if these were all I had, how wretched I should be.

I'm a fool to keep staying, when you've made hurting me such an art.

Imagine the wars we would've avoided if prior generations had a website where they could debate tragedy and politics in terse sentences?

Writing a really general parser is a major but different undertaking, by far the hardest points being sensitivity to context and resolution of ambiguity.

The richest gifts we can bestow are the least marketable. We hate the kindness which we understand.

As long as you have breath, someone needs your talents.

All empire is no more than power in trust.

When life is difficult, God wants us to have a faith that trusts and waits.

Things you can't understand are always the hardest to bear. To know why is the first step to consolation.

No foreign policy will stick unless the American people are behind it. And unless Congress understands it. And unless Congress understands it, the American people aren't going to understand it.