We can't become what we need to be by remaining what we are.

Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.

The more you like yourself, the less you are like anyone else, which makes you unique.

If information and knowledge are central to democracy, they are the conditions for development.

Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage.

Modesty and conscientiousness receive their reward only in novels. In life they are exploited and then shoved aside.

I got rabies shots for biting the head off a bat but that`s OK - the bat had to get Ozzy shots.

Sunlight is painting.

There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.

If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true is really true, there would be little hope of advance.

The battle for women's rights has been largely won.

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

I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.

All satire is blind to the forces liberated by decay. Which is why total decay has absorbed the forces of satire.

How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.

There are no good girls gone wrong - just bad girls found out.

The cloud is free only to go with the wind. The rain is free only in falling.

The idea of freedom is inspiring. But what does it mean? If you are free in a political sense but have no food, what's that? The freedom to starve?

Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.

All honor's wounds are self-inflicted.

There is more to sex appeal than just measurements. I don't need a bedroom to prove my womanliness. I can convey just as much sex appeal, picking apples off a tree or standing in the rain.