(Why did they call them sneakers if it was so hard to sneak in them?)

Unwinds didn't go out with a bang-they didn't even go out with a whimper. they went out with the silence of a candle flame pinched between two fingers.

The Bill of Life was signed, the Unwind Accord went into effect, and the war was over. Everyone was so happy to end the war, no one cared about the consequences

Fight, flight, and screw up royaly.

Small victories are bet­ter than none.

I'd rather be partly great than entirely useless.

Once in a while our school has half days, and the teachers spend the afternoon 'in service,' which I think must be a group therapy for having to deal with us.

People would cheer throw confetti and then go about breaking the resolutions they had made only moments before.

I think all mothers are alike, regardless of cultural background, when it comes to illogical cleaning.

It's called loitering, which is like littering with human beings as the trash.

Either things happen for a reason, or they happen for no reason at all. Either one's life is a thread in a glorious tapestry or humanity is just a hopelessly tangled knot.

Hey Jude, don't make it bad, take a sad song and make it better.

Learning how to endure your disappointment and frustration is part of the job o fa creative person...Frustration is not an interruption of your process

We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be excellent.

Life will teach you, but you have to live long enough to get those lessons.

I have been blessed to see visions of eternity; and events in my future that have been important for me to foresee, have been revealed to me.

Invite your friend to dinner; have nothing to do with your enemy.

Slovakias joining the OECD in 1999 is totally dependent on meeting economic reforms required such as transparency and legislation that permits fair and open conduct of trade and business.

I have friends, political scientists, sociologists, who all share an interest at least in certain kinds of science fiction.

Time heals almost everything. But when you are healed, you are too old to enjoy

Genuine asceticism for finding one's own soul and for the good of humanity is worthy of reverence.