Never leave the site of a strong idea without doing something to execute around it..

I can't build a simple shelf. I have no idea how to change an oil filter on a car. I can't even stick a stamp on an envelope straight. And I'm always….

The novel's not the best form for disposing ideas, though that's one thing it can do. It likely is the best form, though, for conveying the experienc….

However fiercely opposed one may be to the present order, an old respect for the idea of order itself often prevents people from distinguishing betwe….

The despotism of will in ideas is styled plan, project, character, obstinacy; its despotism in desires is called passion..

I don't think the space station is innovative. Going to the moon was innovative because we had no idea how to do it..

Government - they used to teach it in college. It's actually something you should study and learn and know how to do. The Republicans always run on t….

Now we have this idea that, not only do you go to first grade to learn your family's language, but you go to a university to learn about the person y….

Do you dare to accuse wine of clouding the reason? Quote me more marvelous effects than those of wine. Look! when a man drinks, he is rich, everythin….

Never upstage a man. Don't top his joke, even if you have to bite your tongue to keep from doing it. Never launch loudly into your own opinions on a ….

I had no idea that he was going to write that, but I've always believed that insecurity was what would keep you always in your innocence, no matter w….

And what is an authentic madman? It is a man who preferred to become mad, in the socially accepted sense of the word, rather than forfeit a certain s….

In India it is regarded as a good idea to dart in front of an oncoming car, for the car is sure to kill the evil spirits who are pursuing you, and al….

Proselytism is solemn nonsense, it makes no sense. We need to get to know each other, listen to each other and improve our knowledge of the world aro….

Surrender means seeing that "I am not separate" - just SEEING that "I am not separate." Nothing is surrendered, nothing is dropped; just a nonsense i….

Here is a very inexpensive costume idea. Wear a re-elect Obama button and go out as a journalist..

Like stories, people have individual lives, and are all caught up in this murky thing. All of them have the best intentions. In that sense, you could….

No mother is ever, completely, a child's idea of what a mother should be, and I suppose it works the other way around as well. But despite everything….

Libertarians are incapable of being a racist, because racism is a collectivist idea..

One of the things that feels so challenging is how questioning Israel and the idea of a Jewish state somehow opens the door for other sorts of questi….

This is the premiere food symposium in the world. To quote you guys: 'Intended to invoke a sense of courage and urgency...Enabling this year's sympos….