There are plagues, and there are victims, and it's the duty of good men not to join forces with the plagues.
Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There's nothing to do but to stand there and take it.
We believe, that is, you and I, that education is not an expense. We believe it is an investment.
To sustain an environment suitable for man, we must fight on a thousand battlegrounds. Despite all of our wealth and knowledge, we cannot create a redwood forest, a wild river, or a gleaming seashore.
I'm a powerful S. O. B. , you know that?
Doing what's right isn't the problem. It is knowing what's right.
Our objective in South Vietnam has never been the annihilation of the enemy. It has been to bring about a recognition in Hanoi that its objective - taking over the South by force - could not be achieved.
Investors should invest on what they know. The biggest mistake is to invest on what they don't know.
Yes, the investor is often his own worst enemy. Yes, the marketing colossus known as the mutual fund industry provides the weaponry which enables investors' to indulge their suicidal instincts. No, the fund industry was hardly an innocent bystander in the market boom and the subsequent carnage. "We have met the enemy and he is us". . . all of us.
If you attack Ann Coulter, you don't end up with your cat killed or your tires slashed.
My biggest fear in writing 'Gossip Girl' was that the characters would sound like stereotypical rich, air-headed heiresses. These were my friends. They were smart and multifaceted. They had interests and passions. They wanted to become lawyers and doctors and writers and filmmakers.