We always project into the future or reflect in the past, but we are so little in the present.
A man would rather fail according to his own ideas than succeed according to another's.
As for opinions, if they're not pleasant they'd better be kept to yourself. I learned that early in life and forget it every day.
Isn't it funny that at Christmas something in you gets so lonely for - I don't know what exactly, but it's something that you don't mind so much not having at other times.
. . . the place you're in is pretty near what you're fitted to fill. Otherwise you'd get out and fill another.
All men are no more alike than all women, only aliker.
Nothing shows the kind of fool you are as quick as your tongue.
My thought has been shaped by books; my desires by pictures.
There are no failures, only outcomes. As long as I learn something, I am succeeding.
After victory, tighten the cords of your helmet.
My career divides in two: before and after 911. In the first part I was trying to show that Islam is relevant to political concerns. If you want to understand Muslims, I argued, you need to understand the role of Islam in their lives. Now that seems obvious.