To the young people I say, you are a gift to your communities and indeed the world. You are our hope and our future.
Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.
All satire is blind to the forces liberated by decay. Which is why total decay has absorbed the forces of satire.
The two offices of memory are collection and distribution.
Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies.
Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so you shall become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil.
Do unto those downstream as you would have those upstream do unto you.
I find it rather easy to portray a businessman. Being bland, rather cruel and incompetent comes naturally to me.
It is the story that owns and directs us. It is the thing that makes us different from cattle; it is the mark on the face that sets one people apart from their neighbors.
Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.
I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do.
He who surpasses or subdues mankind must look down on the hate of those below.
Young heads take example of the ancient.
In terms of an identity, an identity reflects an individuality, by definition. And, if there is a quality present, it is recognizable and it can be named. If you can't name it, it means you don't recognize it.
I have a simple philosophy. Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. And scratch where it itches.
When you get to a certain age, there is no coming back.
It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them.
At the bottom of enmity between strangers lies indifference.
You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you never had the courage to commit.
My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.
To forbid us anything is to make us have a mind for it.
