If I hadn't been living here [in America], do you think we would have gotten a Grammy? No chance.
If you are watching fanatically over the morality of your children you may yourself be not completely in order.
Are decent people in positions of leadership eternally condemned to Calvary?
The court does not fly off the handle. It does not shout abuse. It speaks calmly.
Life bites like a dog.
I exist not to be loved and admired, but to love and act. It is not the duty of those around me to love me. Rather, it is my duty to be concerned about the world, about man.
Children are not the people of tomorrow, but people today. They are entitled to be taken seriously. They have a right to be treated by adults with tenderness and respect, as equals. They should be allowed to grow into whoever they were meant to be - The unknown person inside each of them is the hope for the future.
History is powerful stuff. One day your world is fine. The next day it's knocked for a metaphysical loop. Was Napoleon really at Waterloo? Would that change what I had for breakfast?
Silence can never be misquoted.
Instead of going out to dinner, buy good food. Cooking at home shows such affection. In a bad economy, it's more important to make yourself feel good.
Each and every one of us should stop playing small and license ourselves to become one of the giants of the new century. We will need champions by the truckload.