The first rule in keeping secrets is nothing on paper: paper can be lost or stolen or simply inherited by the wrong people; if you really want to keep something secret, don't write it down.

Betrayal, in one form or another, is at the very heart of the world of intelligence.

The first rule in keeping secrets is nothing on paper.

You will not really know where you stand until you have been tested.

There is nothing worth having that can be obtained by nuclear war - nothing material or ideological - no tradition that it can defend. It is utterly self-defeating.

When you see somebody actually be able to channel that into an accessible, beautiful tool, you start to see the craftsman behind it.

Now, most people who suffer realize that the Bible contains answers for their plight; they just don't know where to look.

So to compare your real life, or your partner or lover or whoever to a character in a movie, you're setting yourself up for disappointment. They don't map.

People ask me if I could fly, I said, 'yeah....' for a little while.

Right.” Sadie looked dazed. “You’ve got a monkey butler. Why not?

We are forever indebted to those who have given their lives that we might be free.

Relationships are temporary, friendships are forever! Unless they sleep with your boyfriend!

The greatest single human gift is the ability to chase down our dreams.