If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don't listen to writers talking about writing or themselves.

Fascism was really the basis for the New Deal. It was Mussolini's success in Italy, with his government-directed economy, that led the early New Dealers to say But Mussolini keeps the trains running on time.

Ronald Reagan

About the only problem with success is that it does not teach you how to deal with failure.

Tommy Lasorda

Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it, and persevere, will come much nearer to it than those whose laziness and despondency make them give it up as unattainable.

Lord Chesterfield

No need to feel guilty if you can't be a good man all the time. But anytime your heart is feeling so eager to do even a small good deed, then it might be a good chance for youto be a better man.

Toba Beta

To achieve, you need thought. You have to know what you are doing and that's real power.

Ayn Rand

Pro football is like nuclear warfare. There are no winners, only survivors.

Frank Gifford

There's nothing so aphrodisiacal for a woman as money and success.

Wilbur Smith

In writing biography, fact and fiction shouldn't be mixed. And if they are, the fictional points should be printed in red ink, the facts printed in black ink.

Catherine Drinker Bowen

The administration of government, like a guardianship ought to be directed to the good of those who confer, not of those who receive the trust.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even while waiting for it.

Baltasar Gracian

Where there is discord, may we bring harmony. Where there is error, may we bring truth. Where there is doubt, may we bring faith. And where there is despair, may we bring hope.

Margaret Thatcher

If your energy is as boundless as your ambition, total commitment may be a way of life you should seriously consider.

Joyce Brothers