I don't know why you use a fancy French word like detente when there's a good English phrase for it - cold war.

The leader seeks to communicate his vision to his followers. He captures their attention with his optimistic intuition of possible solutions to their needs. He influences them by the dynamism of his faith. He demonstrates confidence that the challenge can be met, the need resolved, the crisis overcome.

John Haggai

How true Daddy's words were when he said: all children must look after their own upbringing. Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.

Anne Frank

But the idea that I should be a teacher and a researcher of some sort did not vary over the years.

Amartya Sen

Dust is a protective coating for fine furniture.

Mario Burata

Ladies and gentleman are permitted to have friends in the kennel, but not in the kitchen.

George Bernard Shaw

A king asked a holy man, Do you remember about me? The holy man answered, Yes, I think about you when I forget about God.

Leo Tolstoy

My buildings will be my legacy... they will speak for me long after I'm gone.

Julia Morgan

Innovation has nothing to do with how many R

Steve Jobs

People who live in the post-totalitarian system know only too well that the question of whether one or several political parties are in power, and how these parties define and label themselves, is of far less importance than the question of whether or not it is possible to live like a human being.

Vaclav Havel

Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight.

Bill Gates

I made about 28 movies, and I think about five of them were good.

Chevy Chase

He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.

Samuel Johnson