Forewarned, forearmed. To be prepared is half the victory.

I will indulge my sorrows, and give way to all the pangs and fury of despair.

Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them.

It is wonderful when you don't have the fear, and a lot of the time I don't ... I focus on what needs to be done instead.

If the only prayer you said was thank you, that would be enough.

His modesty amounts to deformity.

You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it.

Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.

It is piracy, not overt online music stores, which is our main competitor.

A stale article, if you dip it in a good, warm, sunny smile, will go off better than a fresh one that you've scowled upon.

I will go on my knees and ask the Liberian people to participate in bringing peace and stability to our country.

As long as we believe in absurdities we shall continue to commit atrocities.

If a little is great, and a lot is better, then way too much is just about right!

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.

There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.

It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.

Religion is like a knife: you can either use it to cut bread, or stick in someone's back.

Enthusiasm... the sustaining power of all great action.

I want to put a ding in the universe.

Children show me in their playful smiles the divine in everyone.