The nicest thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from..

The best of all rulers is but a shadowy presence to his subjects..

Among my activities was membership in the Boy Scouts; I rose each year through the ranks, eventually achieving the rank of Eagle Scout and undertakin….

I do not gather things, I prefer to rent them rather than to possess them..

I think the currency of leadership is transparency. You've got to be truthful. I don't think you should be vulnerable every day, but there are moment….

Yes, Maxon," I whispered. "It’s possible..

Roman matrons used to say to their sons: 'Come back with your shield or on it.' Later on, this custom declined. So did Rome... (but not before it cre….

I feel like I've had very few bad experiences but even those I look back on and really feel like if it weren't for them, I wouldn't be where I am. I ….

The shaman/priest/artist/teacher/leader does not operate for the sole benefit of herself and her kind but for the benefit of the people at large and ….

You can't ride the chairlift and call yourself Edmund Hillary..

Bad beginnings, bad endings..

He who has no faith in others shall find no faith in them..

We simply rob ourselves when we make presents to the dead..

Movies were much better in the days when I was doing them..

I react emotionally to everything!.

We read to find ourselves, more fully and more strangely than otherwise we could hope to find..

I'd like to have a go at directing..

I'm not tortured and neurasthenic - I'm really not..

In your 20s, you learn. In your 30s, you earn..

Anybody is influenced by where and how he lives..

Studying the behavior of large whales has been likened to astronomy. The observer glimpses his subjects, often at long range; he cannot do experiment….