“All literary men are Red Sox fans - to be a Yankee fan in a literate society is to endanger your life.”

“Homesickness is nothing. Fifty percent of the people in the world are homesick all the time.”

“Wisdom we know is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose between the two.”

“Art is the triumph over chaos.”

“Fear tastes like a rusty knife and do not let her into your house.”

“When I remember my family, I always remember their backs. They were always indignantly leaving places.”

“We all have a common goal, and we know it's all for our future good.”

“That future depends on the values of self-government, our sense of duty, loyalty, self-confidence and regard for the common good....”

“What appeals to me? There are things, points of view, uses of the language, habits of dress, ways of thought and believing that ca...”

“Inspiring scenes of people taking the future of their countries into their own hands will ignite greater demands for good governan...”

“I always read about these stories of entrepreneurs - it's like they're in the desert with no water, and they're the ones that surv...”

“Conventional agriculture has never succeeded in feeding the world, and it's never produced anything good to eat. For the future, w...”