She was a patron saint of the peripheral.

New links must be forged as old ones rust.

A lot of people would rather tour sewers than visit their cousins.

Anthropology was the science that gave her the platform from which she surveyed, scolded and beamed at the world.

She was a patron saint of the peripheral.

Parents, however old they and we may grow to be, serve among other things to shield us from a sense of our doom. As long as they are around, we can avoid the fact of our mortality; we can still be innocent children.

Call it a clan call it a network call it a tribe call it a family. Whatever you call it whoever you are you need one.

Heroes are created by popular demand sometimes out of the scantiest materials.

New York is just as provincial as anyone else.

There are some hopeful signs coming out of China in the statements they've made since the since September 11.

Luckily, I'm only aware of about two or three concussions that I have had, but there's really no way of telling how many overall.

I don't think I'm in any position to call myself a martial artist. I'm a student of the martial arts.

Portia and I constantly say to each other, 'We are so lucky.' Sometimes it's lying in bed at night before I go to sleep, and I just say thank you to whatever, whoever is out there.

I look like my mother but behave like my father.

My greatest fear is disappointing the reader, so each book has to be better than the one before.

Be not afraid of going slowly, be afraid only of standing still.

In the men's game, there are three, four, five dominant players who pretty much win everything, but in the women's, anyone can.

Dogs come when theyre called cats take a message and get back to you later.

Never invest in anything that eats or needs painting.

Once you've made your first feature, you know what you can do wrong and how hard it is to shoot a feature. Before you do it, you just don't know how hard it is. Once you've done it, when you're writing a second one, it's almost like you're preparing, and it's almost holding you back.

When I started running for Congress, it actually took me by surprise that so many people were fascinated with me being the first Muslim in Congress.

Now I’m feeling how I should. Never knew single could feel this good.

Let us reject violence and selfishness which could destroy our country's unity.

We have differing views on law, politics and religion. But I have yet to meet a Scalia clerk who was not grateful to the man who taught us, shaped us, and launched us into our lives in the law. Justice Scalia's passing leaves a giant void in the court and in the intellectual discourse over the law.

Balance your thoughts with action. If you spend too much time thinking about a thing youll never get it done.

I was a good student, but I didn't like school.

A lot of my music is slow and subtle. The subtly is what I enjoy about making music.

Superman has been my favorite character since I was six years old, and I have more comics featuring Superman than any other single character.

The problem with entrepreneurship is we are often working really hard producing high quality products that no-one wants. The creation of stuff is not valued.

I think you need to go through some stuff to really appreciate life and understand what it means to persevere overcome and have faith. I think those tough times make you a stronger person.

The average man is more interested in a woman who is interested in him than he is in a woman with beautiful legs.