Animals in their generation are wiser than the sons of men but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars and lies in a very narrow compass.

Though sages may pour out their wisdom's treasure there is no sterner moralist than pleasure.

Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people to discourage them from ambitious attempts and generally console them in their mediocrity.

You can't sweep other people off their feet if you can't be swept off your own.

Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

We should not judge people by their peak of excellence but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.

Most kids don't get to go their parents' wedding.

I wanted to define the vocabulary of a wedding both visually and intellectually. The book is about more than weddings or wedding dresses. It's a metaphor for women's lives their creativity.

How do you tell troops who volunteered to fight for our freedoms that the country they fought for won't take care of them when they come back? In the time of war our troops and their families are supposed to be our number one priority.

No one has the right to ignite a war and lead an occupation and armies to conquer people invading them and make them suffer all kinds of torture murder expulsion displacement bombing and terrorism by different lethal prohibited weapons and then come and speak as the savior of the people or a defender of their rights.