I'm glad I didn't have to fight in any war. I'm glad I didn't have to pick up a gun. I'm glad I didn't get killed or kill somebody. I hope my kids enjoy the same lack of manhood.
The human mind treats a new idea the same way the body treats a strange protein; it rejects it.
Depend not on fortune, but on conduct.
I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.
Greatness is more than potential. It is the execution of that potential. Beyond the raw talent. You need the appropriate training. You need the discipline. You need the inspiration. You need the drive.
I've gone into hundreds of fortune-teller's parlors, and have been told thousands of things, but nobody ever told me I was a policewoman getting ready to arrest her.
We should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we loathe.