We need to recognise that slowing population growth is one of the most cost-effective and reliable ways of easing pressure on our environment and securing a sustainable future for us all

A lot of people get so hung up on what they can't have that they don't think for a second about whether they really want it.

You can call it innocence, or you can call it gullibility, but Celia made the most common mistake of the good-hearted: she assumed that everyone else was just like her.

My own apathy is bone chilling.

In a country that doesn't discriminate between fame and infamy, the latter presents itself as plainly more achievable.

Funny how you dig yourself into a hole by the teaspoon.

It's far less important to me to be liked these days than to be understood.

But what's so great about being a perfectionist?... You do all this work, and then the stuff you've made just pisses you off.

Giving anyone anything takes courage, since so many presents backfire. A gift conspicuously at odds with your tastes serves only to betray that the benefactor has no earthly clue who you are.

Reading time is precious. Don't waste it. Reading bad books, or books that are wrong for a certain time in your life, can dangerously turn you off the activity altogether.

The Web, the great time-killer that had replaced conspicuously passive television with its seductive illusion of productivity.

The two-way street of Total Information Awareness is the road that leads to a more transparent and complete picture of ourselves, our governments, and our world.

With the right help, children have a good chance of overcoming their issues while they are still young and can have the bright future they deserve.

She's always there for me when I need her; She's my best friend; she's just my everything.

It may be that these loan arrangements conform to the letter of the law, but they do not conform to the spirit of the law and to the principle of transparency on which it is based.

I read a lot when I was in school in the United States, and even though writing in English is very difficult for me, I wrote in journals.

Long jesting was never good.

Whether you get hurt by weapons or feelings, it hurts when you get shot in the heart.

My intimate knowledge of the [UN] system allowed me to get things done despite the many obstacles.

Far, far from the clergy be the love of novelty!

A Confucian or Jewish love of learning would gain minorities far more than any affirmative action laws we might pass.