There is no failure except in no longer trying.

And it is because a series of elements in Spanish life which operate today the same way as they did in the times of Blanco White made obvious my relationship with him, based on a similarity in Spain's condition.

Juan Goytisolo

I'm much better informed than Mr. Clarke ever was about the nature of the intelligence that was available again Osama bin Laden and which was consistently denigrated by himself and Mr. Tenet.

Michael Scheuer

God helps those who help themselves.

Benjamin Franklin

The comic is the perception of the opposite; humor is the feeling of it.

Umberto Eco

The problem with marriage is that it ends every night after making love, and it must be rebuilt every morning before breakfast.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.

Chinese Proverb

I think that Obama is very cool. And I think he's clever, and I think he can be witty. But I don't think he's funny in either the way that Reagan was funny - or John McCain and Dick Cheney are both funny in that ruthless, kind of mean way.

Mo Rocca

We rise in glory, as we sink in pride:Where boasting ends, there dignity begins.

Edward Young, Night Thoughts, ni

I can't believe it. I'm speechless. It is amazing to see where I've come from the last two years.

Libby Trickett

In a way, film and television are in the same sort of traumatic trance that print journalism is. The technology has outpaced our comprehension of its implications.

Tony Kushner

I hate politics, hate deals, and deal-making, hate meeting with attorneys and agents.

Kathie Lee Gifford

The story of Americans is the story of arrested metamorphoses. Those who achieve success come to a halt and accept themselves as they are. Those who fail become resigned and accept themselves as they are.

Harold Rosenberg