You will breathe throughout your life, every moment of it, but an opportunity like this comes once in a lifetime, and not even to everyone. Go for it!

I said that I had heard curiosity could be harmful, in particular to cats

What fun it would be, " he thought, "if one didn't have to think about happiness!

...you want things to remain the same, which they never can, and so you’re wounded by your own feelings & resentful others don’t seem to care...

Never is a concept the Yankees won't ever come across.

People - Hollywood doesn't talk about how bad cigarette smells when it smells like they wake up in bed with somebody who has been smoking the night before.

Population growth and the proliferation of mega-cities around the world redefines the entire global security agenda.

Get them to sing your song and they will want to know who you are.

The cool kids have co-opted all the neat stuff ? computers, gadgets, video games. Theres no such thing as a computer geek anymore.

Don't let the vision be shot through with holes, but be damn sure some of your best and brightest are shooting at it -- with bazookas as well as sniper's rifles.

My job is to play chess, the game that I love. I achieve what I can in chess. That is what I focus on. Basically, I am always focused on playing the game, and this is important to me.