He who knows not how to dissimulate, can not reign.

He who knows not how to dissimulate, can not reign.

I was always the class clown and got kicked out of class at least once a day for just being a goofball. Not suspended or anything, just sit outside and look at the tree on the bench. I got benched a lot. You keep one foot on the bench and try to get as far away as possible.

I couldn't do everything in the first or second day; it took me years to be able to get to the achievement that I've had. I wasn't perfect from the beginning.

If you run for mayor, people say you're being egotistical. If you decide you won't run for mayor, people say you're being self-centered and egotistical.

People perceive games as being for kids, and I think that perception is going to change. Time is going to take care of that. I mean, we've already won. Games have won; it's inevitable.

Forgive your enemies but first get even.

If you are not living unto Christ, you are not dying unto Him, either.

Caring about people about things about life is an act of maturity.

All voices are important, and yet it seems that people of color have a lot to say, particularly if you look through the poetry of young people - a lot of questions and a lot of concerns about immigration and security issues, you name it - big questions.

I eat fish, chicken, vegetables and other healthier foods. I do love a great steak.

I still believe that any country understands that if they use nuclear weapons, they will be wiped out of existence. They could be irrational in many ways, but I don't think they're irrational to the point that they're ready to annihilate their own country.

I've been a children's book editor, a nanny, a camp counselor, a barista, a research lab assistant, and a movie theater ticket-taker.

I think maybe my mom thought that Katharine Hepburn would be a good role model of, like, a strong, smart, independent woman. Maybe she steered me in that direction. You know, because she was really so ahead of her time.

Yesterday is a cancelled check. Today is cash on the line. Tomorrow is a promissory note.

I own nothing of value at all. I spend money on experiences.

Where observation is concerned chance favors only the prepared mind.

A Swedish physicist can not discuss his work with fifty people unless he goes abroad. A Swedish economist can get opinions and instructions in his native language from thousands upon thousands of his fellow citizens.

I think women have every right to feel like they're the protagonists in their own stories.

After all the sacrifice in Afghanistan and Iraq, why do we find ourselves in a more dangerous world?

Labor is still, and ever will be, the inevitable price set upon everything which is valuable.

Libraries keep the records on behalf of all humanity. the unique and the absurd, the wise and the fragments of stupidity.

I think Mardi Gras is a symbol that we're down but not out.

I have never had the need or thrill for being wealthy.

We have to draw the line someplace with all the pesticides being used by the farmers.

Never regret anything that has happened in your life. It cannot be changed, undone, or forgotten. So take it as a lesson learned, and move on.