What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.

Flowers are restful to look at. They have neither emotions nor conflicts.

Sadism is all right in its place, but it should be directed to proper ends.

The first requisite of civilization is that of justice.

Iraq's Sunnis need to be brought back into the fold. They need to feel as though they have a stake in the success of Iraq rather than a stake in its failure.

As far as success goes, I've never really got too excited about losing or winning.

I expect either total success or total failure. That's my lot in life.

The stock prices of networking equipment companies like Cisco Systems and Nortel Networks sometimes seem as if they are priced for perpetual success.