We’ve all got weaknesses. Me, for instance. I’m tragically funny and good-looking.

Delaying death is one of my favorite hobbies

Behold!" Percy shouted. "The god's chosen beverage. Tremble before the horror of Diet Coke!

Mussolini?” Leo frowned. “Wasn’t he like BFFs with Hitler?

Percy looked at his friends. “I’m getting tired of this guy’s shirt.

Percy is the most powerful demigod I've ever met. No offense to you guys but it's true.

Sometimes wisdom came from strange places, even from giant teenaged goldfish.

Scrawny? Baby, I invented scrawny. Scrawny is the new sizzling hot.

Forget the chicken-nugget smoke screen. Percy wanted Leo to invent an anti-dream hat.

Otis barreled towards them empty-handed, before apparently realizing that a) he was empty-handed and b) charging towards a large body of water to fight a son of Poseidon was maybe not a good idea.

Fighting giants was one thing. Bacchus making into a game was something else.

Play a bigger part in doing more good in the world, it is good for you and for business.

The pitfall of the feminist is the belief that the interests of men and women can ever be severed; that what brings sufferings to the one can leave the other unscathed.

In Islam religion and politics cannot be separated. Unlike other religions, Islam is political by its very nature.

Even in the good sportswear, streetwear brands, you can't find that quality.

I am neither a pessimist nor an optimist. I am a realist, and the reality in Iraq is that it has been very hard and it continues to be hard.

This war is being played in the realm of public opinion and has dire consequences for our soldiers in Iraq, the future of our country, and freedom around the world.

The idea that America has cornered the market on anti-immigration is ridiculous. It's a global phenomenon.

I cannot belong to a nonprofit organization because when you receive grants, you have to make such great compromises with your artistic plans.

We have our brush and colors - paint Paradise and in we go.

Fear narrows the little entrance of our heart. It shrinks up our capacity to love. It freezes up our power to give ourselves.