You have to have been a Republican to know how good it is to be a Democrat.
Is Bill Clinton so good at politics, or are other politicians so bad?
Like the Spitfire it was immensely strong: a pilot had no need to fear the danger of pulling the wings off, no matter how desperate the situation became.
It takes a lot of adrenaline and fear to make me actually write.
I just have faith. It's just there. It's not any big deal.
Of course, Americans have no monopoly of patriotic enthusiasm and good faith.
Bush's faith in the rightness of his strategy in the broader war is deep-seated. It is a product of faith.
When you try to predict future E.R.A.'s with past E.R.A.'s, you're making a mistake.
What created Silicon Valley was a culture of openness, and there is no future to Silicon Valley without it.
Henceforth the leaves of the tree of knowledge were for women, and for the healing of the nations.
To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.
I sometimes look around that studio in the middle of commercials and think, 'Really?'
Flattery is like chewing gum. Enjoy it but don't swallow it.
For me, Dracula has always been associated with travel and beautiful historical places.
There are other writers who try for subtle and minimalists effects, but I don't travel in that tribe.
Religion is everywhere. There are no human societies without it, whether they acknowledge it as a religion or not.
The man as he converses is the lover; silent, he is the husband.
Never trust a husband too far, nor a bachelor too near.
I've always loved the '40s romantic comedies and the idea of those mistaken identities and lovers' misunderstandings.
I was so embarrassed about mispronouncing words. I just knew how to smile.
If you force yourself to smile, within a couple minutes, you feel happy.
