When all else fails, complicate matters

Luck consists largely of hanging on by your fingernails until things start to go your way.

The difference between tragedy and comedy: Tragedy is something awful happening to somebody else, while comedy is something awful happening to somebody else.

If you hack the Vatican server, have you tampered in God's domain?

There are two types of people in the world, and I'm one of them.

Lawyers are the first refuge of the incompetent.

Feminism is sort of like God. Many people profess to believe in it, but no one seems to be able to define it to everyone's satisfaction.

Sometimes to heal, you must first get hurt.

Life is like an analogy.

Rogue Squadron doesn't run. Unless we really, really have to.

No, they can't. They can't be Luke Skywalker.

Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another.

You want me to lie to you?" said McKay. I shrugged. Why not? I didn't mind lies.

Happiness is brief It will not stay. God batters at its sails.

The silver swan, who, living had no note, When death approached unlocked her silent throat.

Voting against the resolution authorizing the use of military force in Iraq was one of my proudest moments as a senator. It is long past time to close this tragic chapter in American history.

Music, even with these dial-up connections you have to the Internet, is very practical to download.

Social media is not rocket science. This, however, does not make it easy either.

It's easy to hate and point out everything that is wrong with the world; it is the hardest and most important work in one's life to free oneself from the bonds of fear and attachment.

A productive mistake is: (1) made in the service of mission and vision; (2) acknowledged as a mistake; (3) learned from; (4) considered valuable; (5) shared for the benefit of all.

Im hoping that a lifetime of compromise and disappointment will read as extra depth and layers in my work.