When it comes to knowing what to say, to charm, I always had it.
Whatever is popular deserves attention.
The powers of a man's mind are directly proportional to the quantity of coffee he drank.
Men are never so good or so bad as their opinions.
Diffused knowledge immortalizes itself.
The Commons, faithful to their system, remained in a wise and masterly inactivity.
A vice utterly at variance with the happiness of him who harbors it, and, as such, condemned by self-love.
I have brought myself, by long meditation, to the conviction that a human being with a settled purpose must accomplish it, and that nothing can resist a will which will stake even existence upon its fulfillment.
The dog that buried the bone which even a canine appetite could not manage, the squirrel that gathered nuts for a later feast, the bees that filled the comb with honey, the ants that laid up stores for a rainy day - these were among the first creators of civilization. It was they. . . . who taught our ancestors the art of providing for tomorrow out of the surplus of today, or of preparing for winter in summer's time of plenty.
Charitable giving in the United States has remained at 2% of GDP since 1970.
Apparently we've got open borders. We've got people in this country all over the place that could be part of cells. After 911 happened, you have to understand, leadership and law enforcement after 911, they really got reamed for doing a horrible job of preventing it when in many people's minds it was preventable.