He used to sit on my lap. I was sort of ambivalent about that. He was surviving any way he could.

A babe at the breast is as much pleasure as the bearing is pain.

The scandal's so unbelievable that I cannot repeat it here.

It has never been, and never will be easy work! But the road that is built in hope is more pleasant to the traveler than the road built in despair, even though they both lead to the same destination.

On one occasion I shared a bed with about seven other people, but we were all having a party overnight.

I've been a schoolteacher. I always try to get the kids to finish talking before the next one starts.

I never thought that I was very intelligent.

I do tend to lose track since the kids are out of school.

We were discussing civilization and the fact that young men among the Greeks at that time were idiots and uneducated, so the men had emotional and friendly relationships with members of their own sex.

He used to sit on my lap. I was sort of ambivalent about that. He was surviving any way he could.

I wasn't a child at 13, were you?

My husband and I were very in love, and I had no reason to suspect that his interests lay anywhere else.

Science fiction encourages us to explore... all the futures, good and bad, that the human mind can envision.

A friend of ours has a hobby doing genealogy, and we found out that we were cousins in the ninth degree, that we had a common ancestor on the Mayflower.

The road that is built in hope is more pleasant to the traveler than the road built in despair even though they both lead to the same destination.

If you respect a language and culture, it shows in your work.

I'm cooking 42 years, and I didn't know bananas are good for my brain.

The king knows with what ardor and perseverance I have at all times been devoted to the cause of liberty and to the principles of humanity, equality and justice.

There are many victories worse than a defeat.

That is why if Lebanon concludes a peace agreement with Israel and brings that accord to the Parliament our deputies will reject it; Hezbollah refuses any conciliation with Israel in principle.

I think that we're gonna start seeing more and more people who started as a YouTube personality and now have their own studio, and they're gonna start creating things: story-driven stuff, longer-form stuff that people have an opportunity to enjoy.

I think sometimes girls look at Victoria's Secret models and think that they have to model themselves after that, but I really don't think that's the best; even though they are called 'models,' they're not the best people to model yourself after.

The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on.

To the Muslim woman the hijab provides a sense of empowerment. It is a personal decision to dress modestly according to the command of a genderless Creator to assert pride in self and embrace ones faith openly with independence and courageous conviction.

Texas is a state of mind. Texas is an obsession. Above all, Texas is a nation in every sense of the word. And there's an opening convey of generalities. A Texan outside of Texas is a foreigner.

'Seconds' is very much about reaching out for the next thing after you've figured out the first thing.

A concrete love is a mass of emotion formed into a compound mixture of affection, care, desire and expectation.

The argument that resistance to the war should remain strictly nonviolent seems to me overwhelming.

Optimism is inevitably the last hope of the defeated.

Revolution is about the need to re-evolve political, economic and social justice and power back into the hands of the people, preferably through legislation and policies that make human sense. That's what revolution is about. Revolution is not about shootouts.

'The New Jedi Order' was a pure publishing project: a single massive story - virtually one huge novel spread across multiple volumes - told by a succession of authors.

That I am not a member of any Christian church is true; but I have never denied the truth of the Scriptures, and I have never spoken with intentional disrespect of religion in general, or of any denomination of Christians in particular.

I understand why people do vote on the conservative side of the ticket because people have a tendency to go for strong governments when really, from an idealistic point of view, it's a bad thing.

An increasing amount of climate research suggests a possibility of global cooling.

What is more immoral than war?

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.

That the king can do no wrong is a necessary and fundamental principle of the English constitution.

I'm enjoying myself this year and for once I'm not chasing my fitness.

I recommend marriage to everyone.