The young have everything but wisdom.

Ciro carried himself like a general in full regalia, when in fact he wore secondhand clothes from the donation bin.

He just likes to have fun, Papa.""That's not a quality that gets you far in life.

One writes because one has been touched by the yearning for and the despair of ever touching the Other.

If I have to die either for religion or atheism I would prefer atheism, since my conscience will respect my rational decision.

For this taboo, retribution would soon knock my doorBut, I still wouldn't let that hold my feet to move on anymore.

My mother was a washerwoman - or a woman that cleaned houses in Texas... in Plano, Texas - who always loved poetry and always loved stories.

You can talk about Holocaust denial, but it's really marginal for the most part. What is compelling about the Armenian genocide, is how it has been forgotten.

Music kept me off the streets and out of trouble and gave me something that was mine that no one could take away from me.

Your brain is much better than you think; just use it!

Let's win the peace and democracy the good people of Iraq so richly deserve after decades of tyranny.

This will wreck you! Today, treat everyone you meet as if they're going to be dead by midnight. extend all the kindness and understanding you can, and do it with no thought of any reward.

It is a mistake to suppose that requiring the nonmathematical to take more advanced math courses will enhance their understanding and not merely exacerbate their sense of inadequacy.