It's impossible for a Democrat to be a failure. It's impossible for a Democrat to be a reprobate. It's impossible for a Democrat to be a mess. It just isn't possible, as far as the mind-set of the media is concerned.
A person who is too nice an observer of the business of the crowd, like one who is too curious in observing the labor of bees, will often be stung for his curiosity.
I may be kindly, I am ordinarily gentle, but in my line of business I am obliged to will terribly what I will at all.
Big business never pays a nickel in taxes, according to Ralph Nader, who represents a big consumer organization that never pays a nickel in taxes.
No matter what business you're in, business is business, and financing and money are critical. I would have made a lot fewer mistakes if I had more schooling in that area.
I'm the kind of person that when I saw a lack of African Americans in the apparel business, that was something I set out to do, and I lead by example.
On the other hand, I mean, that is what writers have always been supposed to do, was to rely on their own devices and to - I mean, writing is a lonely business.
Living the past is a dull and lonely business; looking back strains the neck muscles, causing you to bump into people not going your way.
No government is here forever. And there are other forces - the most potent force in our society, in fact, big business - doing good for the environment.
Women writers have been told, forever, that our stories were not valuable. Not as valuable as men's stories about wars, business, power.
If you are realistic about how our present society works, the economic clout - and a lot of the political clout, frankly - is in the business sector. And it's the locus of innovation.
There isn't one thing the federal government does that anybody in Big Business would emulate, at least not in the profit sector.
Publishing is a very mysterious business. It is hard to predict what kind of sale or reception a book will have, and advertising seems to do very little good.
The longer you hang in there, the greater the chance that something will happen in your favor. No matter how hard it seems, the longer you persist, the more likely your success.
Forget about the consequences of failure. Failure is only a temporary change in direction to set you straight for your next success.
The government shouldn't be involved in this because it's very simple. If you don't believe in same-sex marriage, then don't marry somebody of the same sex.
I didn't think being a writer was a fancy thing. It was a job like any other job, except apparently you could do it at home.
The decisions that Ellen made on her show were between her and her producers. I supported her decisions. I was there to hug her when she got home.
Survival requires us to leave our prejudices at home. It's about doing whatever it takes - and ultimately those with the biggest heart will win.
Words today are like the shells and rope of seaweed which a child brings home glistening from the beach and which in an hour have lost their luster.
If I was a book, I would like to be a library book, so I would be taken home by all different sorts of kids.
