There were times, however, when a man had to make a strategic retreat to win the game.

Fact: More people are killed each year by teddy bears than by grizzly bears.

You long to jump off, but you just can't work up the nerve, so you tell yourself you're content to look at the view.

A woman could be as beautiful as she felt herself to be.

But when I close my eyes, I'm more like THIS under the surface: I'm laughing and scheming and dreaming.

One couldn't spend one's entire life waiting for life to start.

That makes sense, I suppose. But for me, reading is an adventure. It makes me an armchair traveler and takes me places I shall never be able to go.

How much time do I get in exchange for that rose?”For the rose, a short engagement. For the speech, you get a lifetime.”I can live with that, ” he said, and kissed her.

We’re your friends. Our job is to tease you mercilessly about your foibles, rag you about your upright, honorable nature, and point out to you when you’re being a complete dolt.

Pardon me for not being willing to commit my entire future to you based on two kisses and a blueberry muffin.

Webs of deceit were not only tangled, they were also very lonely.

The modern artist is working with space and time and expressing his feelings rather than illustrating.

The better you were able to imagine what you wanted to imagine, the farther you could flee from reality.

The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods.

Putinsim is not necessarily the end state for Russia. Russia has moved in many directions since the early 1980s.

Filipino businessmen must have the ability to compete freely in the global economy.

All racists are irresponsible.

People should be judged on the basis of their performance, not nationality, personality, education, or personal traits and skills.

In God we trust, everybody else bring data to the table.

I don't believe too much in originality... you learn art from other art and then looking into somebody's face or landscape is the point of departure to do your work of art.

We may be excused for not always being bright, but we are not excused for not being gracious, yielding and considerate.