All the arguing in the world won't change the mind of the Umpire.

Nobody but a beggar chooses to depend chiefly upon the benevolence of his fellow-citizens.

The whole "misery loves company" thing never applies more than when you're breaking up. The thought that the other person is doing fine is simply too much to bear.

Terrorism is a real despair. These are people for whom life has been so negative that they're willing to die if they can take down some of their enemies.

I vowed that whenever my family needed me, I would give up everything to go to them, no matter what. The show must go on was meaningless to me.

From the very fountain of enchantment there arises a taste of bitterness to spread anguish amongst the flowers.

If a lot of money goes into the stock market, it'll push up prices, making money for stock speculators. Then the insiders can decide that it's time to sell out, and the market will plunge.

The talents of an artist, small or large, are God-given... They are a sacred trust.

Oh if life were made of moments Even now and then a bad one--! But if life were only moments, Then you'd never know you had one.

BC is not going to replace the hierarchy, and BC is not going to lead some major reform in the Catholic Church - that's got to come out of the whole Catholic community.