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

Effective action is always unjust.

I sound my barbaric yawp over the rooftops of the world.

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month.

Being sober on a bus is, like, totally different than being drunk on a bus.

I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.

Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.

When the dog looks at you, the dog is not thinking what kind of a person you are. The dog is not judging you.

Be that self which one truly is.

Maybe you are searching among the branches, for what only appears in the roots.

When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves.

Tell me thy company, and I shall tell thee what thou art.

I love Madrid. I am happy to be here. I have been here three years and hope to be here longer. But I am proud of where I come from and never forget the people I grew up with.

When I had nothing to lose, I had everything. When I stopped being who I am, I found myself.

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

Do unto those downstream as you would have those upstream do unto you.

We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives

Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers.

How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.

Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.

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