Knock the 't' off the 'can't'

Knock the 't' off the 'can't'

Let us be more simple and less vain.

God is gracious to some very peculiar people.

If you are going to devote your time to do something you claim you love take this thought Do I love it Can I have peace within if I refuse to have it done This is passion.

All illnesses have some heredity contribution. It's been said that genetics loads the gun and environment pulls the trigger.

I'm a writer obsessed with remembering: with remembering the past of America above all - and above all, that of Latin America, intimate land condemned to forgetfulness.

At 140, 150, that's when the car starts floating. At 160, that's when you start seeing dead relatives. At 180, it's, like, terrifying and exciting.

I don't think men really fall in love with the outspoken girl.

Cornwall has lots of folk and Celtic music and has that kind of surfer vibe as well. That was my kind of upbringing.

I like Beryl Bainbridge a great deal, and she is a writer who absolutely demands to be read a second, third, and fourth time. I admire her great courage in leaving so much unsaid and asking the reader to really engage her brain.

I don't think you ever stop giving. I really don't. I think it's an on-going process. And it's not just about being able to write a check. It's being able to touch somebody's life.

My worst habit is whistling while I sleep.

A work is finished when an artist realizes his intentions.

The need for a permanent status resolution approved by Congress is made even more clear to me because of my experience as a former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations.

Well I think people think sex is controversial. Not always, but certainly it's something to be discussed.

A service of worship is primarily a service to God. When we realize this and act upon it, we make it a service to men.

We all get old, but I always say the skinny, pretty girls will be screwed.

I take pride in the work I do.

It will do you no harm to find yourself ridiculous. Resign yourself to be the fool you are…We must always take risks. That is our destiny...

Obviously I have a capacity for feeling extreme anxiety, and there are people out there who don't. I'm to some extent rather jealous of them.

I got so passionate about technology. Hacking to me was like a video game. It was about getting trophies. I just kept going on and on, despite all the trouble I was getting into, because I was hooked.

One person with a belief is equal to ninety nine who have only interests.

The old ways of teaching are slow and expensive. But with mobile, cost plummets, access broadens, and pedagogy rises.

In the multitude of counsellors there is safety. He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.

An honorable defeat is better than a dishonorable victory.