I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks.

I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks.

It was times like these when I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived.

Well, they're Southern people, and if they know you are working at home they think nothing of walking right in for coffee. But they wouldn't dream of interrupting you at golf.

Before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.

The book to read is not the one which thinks for you, but the one which makes you think. No book in the world equals the Bible for that.

You've really got to start hitting the books because it's no joke out here.

Folks don't like to have somebody around knowing more than they do.

Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.

You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.

Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.

Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.

The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.

From childhood on, I did sit in the courtroom watching my father argue cases and talk to juries.

I never expected any sort of success with 'Mockingbird'... I sort of hoped someone would like it enough to give me encouragement.

You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view ... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.

People generally see what they look for and hear what they listen for.

Best way to clear the air is to have it all out in the open.

You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.

Neighbors bring food with death and flowers with sickness and little things in between.

Persecution comes from people who are prejudiced.

The book to read is not the one that thinks for you but the one which makes you think.

You rarely win, but sometimes you do.

I would advise anyone who aspires to a writing career that before developing his talent he would be wise to develop a thick hide.

I'm drawn to people who find themselves on the outside of things. I'm moved by that in real life.

What made Guantanamo such a travesty - and what still makes it such - is that it is a system of indefinite detention whereby human beings are put in cages for years and years without ever being charged with a crime.

My absolute favourite piece of information is the fact that young sloths are so inept that they frequently grab their own arms and legs instead of tree limbs, and fall out of trees.

I like to go to the gym with my girls, practice yoga, try new recipes, bake, have slumber parties, go to the beach, have adventures, book hunt, shop for new records, or road trip somewhere... anything that keeps me laughing and excited about the day, really. I like feeling free to do what I or my friends want to do on our days off.

Newspapers are the world's mirrors.

I don't work for Club For Growth or Heritage.

Anything I do has to be directly related to my music. If it isn't, I don't really see a point to it.

It's no different than anything else in anybody else's life. Doesn't matter how simple or complex. There are days you hate it and days you love it.

After you get your freedom, your enemy will respect you.

After waking up, I take my vitamins and eat fruit or, sometimes, bread with garlic, which is good for your health.

I never planned to win an Oscar. When I auditioned for 'Ray,' I was just thinking about what a great project it would be.

Too often, teachers assume that they are introducing a book or concept to students for the first time. In fact, many units are repeated over the course of a student's K-12 experience.

While the TV show 'Rizzoli & Isles' may have been inspired by my books, show runner Janet Tamaro has total control over where the TV characters go from there. As Janet once put it, I'm the birth mother, but she's the mother who adopted them, and now that Jane and Maura are living in her house, they have to do what she tells them to do.

As a kid, I always went to therapists; the first time was when my parents were separated on my sixth birthday, then on and off since then.

I think we were colonized by aliens 250,000 years ago, and they genetically altered our DNA to be primates into homo erectus and humans. I'm very interested in how we evolved so suddenly, which obviously ties in with the alien thing.

I think any writer coming on to 'Batman' should at least attempt to do their own definitive version. What it means to them. Whatever they think that symbol or character can say.

When I look back, I can see why people thought I was aggressive. My first single, 'Do It Like A Dude,' resulted in a lot of misconceptions about me. I'm confident - but I'm not arrogant.

I don't actually subscribe to the view that all power corrupts. But absolute power - when secured on the back of massive parliamentary majorities, which don't reflect the balance of political opinion in the country - can corrupt absolutely.

I don't think that politics attracts the best and the brightest of America. It doesn't attract the most sincere people.

The Discovery was the most intricate, complex machine man has ever built. It's a testament to our time.

The G7, just a European centric show, an Atlantic show, is fundamentally finished.

Try to remember that decisions are made by individual, fallible personalities, not gods. It's hard. I know.

The martyrdom of Lalaji has shaken the Congressmen. Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru is planning something solid to be presented for adoption in the coming session of the Congress, but I am not sure if he would be able to do something.

I would rather be with my kids than anybody else.