The dirty little secret, folks, is Obama is not only for occupying Wall Street. He also wants to occupy Main Street.
That was the best kind of story: when the teller was as much under its spell as the listener.
I always say the truth is best even when we find it unpleasant. Any rat in a sewer can lie. It's how rats are. It's what makes them rats. But a human doesn't run and hide in dark places, because he's something more. Lying is the most personal act of cowardice there is.
Slow people are just paying close attention.
But I also know that to ignore joy while it lasts, in favor of lamenting one's fate, is a great crime.
Guardian angels guide the steps of idiots.
People’s souls are like gardens. You can’t turn your back on someone because his garden’s full of weeds. You have to give him water and lots of sunshine.
For me, stand-up comedy is a conversation between me and the audience. I have to keep them listening. When I'm making jokes about cake for twenty minutes, I have to make sure my audience is interested and following where I'm going.
National self-sufficiency or "autarchy" is the ideal of [Adolf] Hitler, not of [Karl] Marx and [Vladimir] Lenin.
Seek that your last days be your best days.
1 of the hardest parts about being a founder, is that there are a 100 important things competing for your attention each day.