Obama, in pursuit of power, has been as greedy and irresponsible as any Wall Street tycoon in pursuit of money.
Poets, we know, are terribly sensitive people, and in my observation one of the things they are most sensitive about is money.
It's human nature to start taking things for granted again when danger isn't banging loudly on the door.
Whatever you are by nature, keep to it; never desert your line of talent. Be what nature intended you for, and you will succeed.
Lenin, the greatest theorist of them all, did not know what he was going to do after he had got the power.
One thing Della Valle taught me is the power to say no if something isn't right. That mattered even over sales.
People are intrigued by fame, power and wealth and I think Hollywood is the only place where you get all three together.
The coal industry is an even larger part of the Australian economy than it is of the American, and it has an enormous amount of political power.
With power comes the abuse of power. And where there are bosses, there are crazy bosses. It's nothing new.
It is important to value intellect and discipline, of course, but it is also important to recognize the power of irrationality, enthusiasm and vast energy.
Until Americans feel that their core asset - their homes - are stabilized, they are not going to have the animal spirits and they will continue to have less buying power.
President Obama thinks he can use emotion to bring pressure on Congress. But that's not how adults with power respond to things.
We cannot live by power, and a culture that seeks to live by it becomes brutal and sterile. But we can die without it.
I've become invested with this symbolic power. It really does transcend what I'm actually doing and what I actually deserve.
I've always shied away from conventional wisdom, though I know the power of it.
When you have enough power to do what you always wanted to do, then you see what the guy always wanted to do.
Remember that it is not enough to abstain from lying by word of mouth; for the worst lies are often conveyed by a false look, smile, or act.
They might not need me; but they might. I'll let my head be just in sight; a smile as small as mine might be precisely their necessity.
We sometimes laugh from ear to ear, but it would be impossible for a smile to be wider than the distance between our eyes.
The man who can smile when things go wrong has thought of someone else he can blame it on.
Smile, smile, smile at your mind as often as possible. Your smiling will considerably reduce your mind's tearing tension.
