No task is a long one but the task on which one dare not start. It becomes a nightmare.
[Washington is a] very gossipy little village of people all going to the same bars. . . all watching each other having affairs with each other
Women have got to stop being polite. If I ever had children, which I don't, the first thing I'd teach a girl of mine is the words 'f - off. '
I don't think there's anything on this planet that more trumpets life that the sunflower. For me that's because of the reason behind its name. Not because it looks like the sun but because it follows the sun. During the course of the day, the head tracks the journey of the sun across the sky. A satellite dish for sunshine. Wherever light is, no matter how weak, these flowers will find it. And that's such an admirable thing. And such a lesson in life.
It has nothing to do with clothing or makeup. Just put your shoulders back and chin up, and face the world with pride.
Being powerful is so much more interesting than being beautiful.
When you're 16, 30 seems ancient. When you're 30, 45 seems ancient. When you're 45, 60 seems ancient. When you're 60, nothing seems ancient.
We're reborn every second, every moment.
When he faced me again, he looked ashamed of himself. "I have gravely underestimated you, Darren," he said. "I will not do so again. I made a wiser choice than I realized when I chose you to serve as my assistant. I feel honoured to have you by my side.
The saints had no hatred, no bitterness; they forgive everything and think they deserve much more for their offenses against God.
Contradiction is the lever of transcendence.