You can take your Law," she said in a measured tone, "and shove it right up your-
At the core of all successful societies are procedures for blocking the advancement of bad men
Change in the societies at the very bottom must come predominantly from within; we cannot impose it on them.
Migration has been politicized before it has been analyzed.
How do we give credible hope to the billion poorest people in the world? It requires compassion to get ourselves started, and enlightened self-interest to get serious. . . If economic divergence continues, combined with global integration, it will build a nightmare for our children.
Without an informed electorate, politicians will continue to use the bottom billion merely for photo opportunities, rather than promoting real transformation.
Elections determine who is in power, but they do not determine how power is used.
Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind.
My job is to bring to life the character, not to put the words on the paper.
Teenagers don't know what love is. They have mixed-up ideas. They go for a drive and the boy runs out of gas and they smooch a little and the girl says she loves him. That isn't love. Love is when you are married twenty-five years, smooching in your living room and he runs out of gas and she says she still loves him. That's love.
Do you want a collection of brilliant minds or a brilliant collection of minds?