When you're passionate about something, you want it to be all it can be. But in the endgame of life, I fundamentally believe the key to happiness is letting go of that idea of perfection. Use this quote
One of the great intellectual failures of the American intelligence community, and especially the counterterrorism community, is to assume if someone hasn't attacked us, it's because he can't or because we've defeated him. Use this quote
Take, for example, the African jungle, the home of the cheetah. On whom does the cheetah prey? The old, the sick, the wounded, the weak, the very young, but never the strong. Lesson: If you would not be prey, you had better be strong. Use this quote
Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul. Use this quote
I wanted to be a doctor in sports medicine; I was into sailing and all that sort of thing. Use this quote
Anarchism is the great liberator of man from the phantoms that have held him captive; it is the arbiter and pacifier of the two forces for individual and social harmony. Use this quote
Aside from sales, the letters from readers have been primarily positive. Use this quote
You get ideas from daydreaming. You get ideas from being bored. You get ideas all the time. The only difference between writers and other people is we notice when we're doing it. Use this quote
True love comes quietly, without banners or flashing lights. If you hear bells, get your ears checked. Use this quote
Man can certainly flee from God... but he cannot escape him. He can certainly hate God and be hateful to God, but he cannot change into its opposite the eternal love of God which triumphs even in his hate. Use this quote
I think if you exercise, your state of mind - my state of mind - is usually more at ease, ready for more mental challenges. Once I get the physical stuff out of the way it always seems like I have more calmness and better self-esteem. Use this quote
I believe we can incentivize more affordable health care in general by better regulating insurance and creating meaningful competition for health care services. Use this quote
Perhaps I know best why it is man alone who laughs; he alone suffers so deeply that he had to invent laughter. Use this quote
Government's first duty and highest obligation is public safety. Use this quote
Protect IP (PIPA) and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) are a step towards a different kind of Internet. They are a step towards an Internet in which those with money and lawyers and access to power have a greater voice than those who don't. Use this quote
Many possessions, if they do not make a man better, are at least expected to make his children happier; and this pathetic hope is behind many exertions. Use this quote
I hope that Requiem is better than Pi. I hope that Pi is better than my student films, and I'm hoping that I'm getting better as I get older. Use this quote
What the United States does best is to understand itself. What it does worst is understand others. Use this quote
A lot of people would be embarrassed to admit that they were on 'Barney', but I embrace the fact. I just had such a wonderful time doing that show. I learned what a camera and prop is, and all that. I learned my manners too, so I guess that's a good thing! Use this quote
There should be more attention paid to scientific research in the ecology area, and I think that such attention to proper environmental concerns would make the public feel much better about it. Use this quote
