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No matter what message you are about to deliver somewhere, whether it is holding out a hand of friendship, or making clear that you disapprove of something, is the fact that the person sitting across the table is a human being, so the goal is to always establish common ground.

I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we're really talking about peace.

The manual for WordStar, the most popular word-processing program, is 400 pages thick. To write a novel, you have to read a novel - one that reads like a mystery to most people. They're not going to learn slash q-z any more than they're going to learn Morse code. That is what Macintosh is all about.

The happiest people in the world are those who feel absolutely terrific about themselves, and this is the natural outgrowth of accepting total responsibility for every part of their life.

Half the lies they tell about me aren't true.

I just didn't want to get out there anymore; I didn't want to get back into what I call 'the swamp.' And the other reason why is I don't think it's good for the presidency for a former president to be opining about his successor. President Obama's got plenty of critics - and I'm just not gonna be one.

Anybody intelligent enough to realize what America is, is not going to sit around and do nothing about it. They're going to be the same way that I am. They're going to be the same way our fans are. They're going to be pissed.

There's something about Marxism that brings out warts; the only kind of growth this economic system encourages.

If my house was on fire, I can't compromise about which part of the house I'm going to save. You save the whole house or it will all burn down. We either save this country or we do not.

The quickest way to become troubled is to be concerned with what people are gonna say about your life and your work.

I don't think you ever stop giving. I really don't. I think it's an on-going process. And it's not just about being able to write a check. It's being able to touch somebody's life.

I'm not not going to stop giving away what I feel about something.

There's nothing cure or funny or lovable about being cheap. It's a total turn-off.

I was about half in love with her by the time we sat down. That's the thing about girls. Every time they do something pretty... you fall half in love with them, and then you never know where the hell you are.

Today the theory of evolution is about as much open to doubt as the theory that the earth goes round the sun.

Show interest in all people, not just those from whom you want something. Making people feel important and good about themselves is just the right thing to do.

I might talk about killing people, but that doesn't mean I do it.

Under Barack Obama, the only 'Change' is that 'Hope' has been hard to find. Now millions of Americans are insecure about their future. But instead of inspiring us by reminding us of what makes us special, he divides us against each other. He tells Americans they're worse off because others are better off. That people got rich by making others poor.

People are very open-minded about new things - as long as they're exactly like the old ones.

I don't like to be out of my comfort zone, which is about a half an inch wide.

I'm not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money.

I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image.

We live in an image society. Speeches are not what anybody cares about; what they care about is the picture.

That is why, no matter how desperate the predicament is, I am always very much in earnest about clutching my cane, straightening my derby hat and fixing my tie, even though I have just landed on my head.

All we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about.

I think long and hard about what it is I'm actually trying to do, and then I kind of have to narrow my focus into that. If I don't, I'm too all over the place.

People who lead a lonely existence always have something on their minds that they are eager to talk about.

A very painful part of being a parent is having really negative feelings about your children when you love them so much.

There is something beautiful about all scars of whatever nature. A scar means the hurt is over, the wound is closed and healed, done with.

If you want to conquer fear, don't sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.