Four women have helped me: mother, sister, mother-in-law and wife.
Necessity is the plea of every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.
A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something.
An intellectual is a person who has discovered something more interesting than sex.
I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possesion, a duty.
The problem is that for women, the average time is just over 14 minutes… men are left with about 12 minutes during which time they need to think of something to do!
The satisfaction that arises from honest accomplishment is of far more value in the promotion of human happiness than the thrill that comes with the realization of materialistic aspirations.
The person who reads too much and uses his brain too little will fall into lazy habits of thinking.
They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
If what you’re doing isn’t working, change it.
“He who angers you, conquers you.” – Elizabeth Kenny
Are people more violently opposed to fur rather than leather because its much easier to harass rich women than motorcycle gangs?
He not busy being born is busy dying.
If you foul up, tell the President and correct it fast. Delay only compounds mistakes.
Do all the other things, the ambitious things-travel, get rich, get famous, innovate, lead, fall in love, make and lose fortunes…but as you do, to the extent that you can, err in the direction of kindness.
[On leaving Brooklyn] I left the day I graduated high school.
When I am old, weather-worn, and grey, I want to fill my lungs with your perfume and hear your laughter echo through our home as we dance alone in our living room, drunk off wine, still madly in love.
People are used to being coddled.
The basis of peace should be a world federation.
Throughout this life, you can never be certain of living long enough to take another breath.
From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. That is the point that must be reached.
