The century would seek to dominate nature as it had never been dominated, would attack the idea of war, poverty and natural catastrophe as never before. The century would create death, devastation and pollution as never before. Yet the century was now attached to the idea that man must take his conception of life out to the stars.

The contradictory remarks of politicians are forgotten; the more asinine predictions of pundits are buried with mercy.

Love asks us that we be a little braver than is comfortable, a little more generous, a little more flexible. It means living on the edge more than we care to.

The only faithfulness people have is to emotions they're trying to recapture

The great power in America is the corporations - we`re a corporate country. We`re run by a CEO and the stockholders have very little to say on how the corporation is run. Fine, the board of directors run it and the stockholders can just be disgruntled, but who gives a damn?

Every moment of one's existence one is growing into more or retreating into less. One is always living a little more or dying a little bit.

There`s a tendency for Americans, particularly the simpler you are, the more you believe in the president as the kind of person to be.