In the intellectual order, the virtue of humility is nothing more nor less than the power of attention.
I have only ever read one book in my life, and that is White Fang. It's so frightfully good I've never bothered to read another.
To forbid us anything is to make us have a mind for it.
The two offices of memory are collection and distribution.
You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you never had the courage to commit.
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.
I meant what I said and I said what I meant.
Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
We are all now connected by the Internet, like neurons in a giant brain.
The people I distrust most are those who want to improve our lives but have only one course of action.
Beneath the makeup and behind the smile I am just a girl who wishes for the world.
There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit.
Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.
The Declaration of Independence I always considered as a theatrical show. Jefferson ran away with all the stage effect of that... and all the glory of it.
You’ll miss the best things if you keep your eyes shut.
Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are.
Anybody who watches three games of football in a row should be declared brain dead.
Christmas to a child is the first terrible proof that to travel hopefully is better than to arrive.
I don't watch television, I think it destroys the art of talking about oneself.
Of all the things I`ve lost I miss my mind the most.
I will go on my knees and ask the Liberian people to participate in bringing peace and stability to our country.
