"To take a stand for the future is to bring forth an opportunity not borne of the path we've taken in the past, but borne of a vision which we would create for ourselves."

“Christmas was the one time of year when my brothers surfaced at home, when my parents and grandparents congregated to eat my mother's roast turkey.”

“You can't have 'yes' people around you.”

“The primary component upon which all else rests in a kingdom is the authority of the ruler. Without that, there is anarchy resulting in mess.”

“I'm not for the parties. I'm for Texas.”

“I always say, "Well if you think it's over the top, then tell me where the top is first. I don't think anyone can, but if you can tell me where the top is, then I'll tell you whether or not I'm over it."”

“Just start writing and you'll find what you want to say.”

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“Panic: A highly underrated capacity thanks to which individuals are able to indicate clearly that something is wrong.... Given their head, most humans panic with great dignity and imagination. This can be called democratic expression or practical common sense.”

Source : John Ralston Saul (2002). “The Doubter's Companion: A Dictionary of Aggressive Common Sense”, p.228, Simon and Schuster

“If you're going to lick the icing off somebody else's cake you won't be nourished and it won't do you any good,--or you might find the cake had caraway seeds and you hate them.”