Except among those whose education has been in the minimalist style, it is understood that hasty moral judgments about the past are a form of injustice.

Of course, clothing fashions have always been impractical, except in Tahiti.

If it were possible to talk to the unborn, one could never explain to them how it feels to be alive, for life is washed in the speechless real.

The danger that may really threaten (crime fiction) is that soon there will be more writers than readers

Political correctness does not legislate tolerance; it only organizes hatred.

Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.

In teaching you cannot see the fruit of a day's work. It is invisible and remains so, maybe for twenty years.

The truth is, when all is said and done, one does not teach a subject, one teaches a student how to learn it.

If civilization has risen from the Stone Age, it can rise again from the Wastepaper Age.

Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball, the rules and realities of the game - and do it by watching first some high school or small-town teams.

Universities incline wits to sophistry and affectation.

A revived spirit, a renewed soul.

When we give ourselves permission to go wherever our outlandish thoughts take us, we feel that rush of creativity and excitement.

All I had was a dream and six million pounds.'Denholm, The IT Crowd

we deceive ourselves if we believe we can hold on to old models as "ideologies whimper off to a shallow grave in prolonged agony of people, institutions and cultures.

Looking at traditional marriages, it seems the surest way for a woman to be alone is to get married.

Thy only authentic ending is the one provided here: John and Mary die, John and Mary die, John and Mary die.

The causes which destroyed the ancient republics were numerous; but in Rome, one principal cause was the vast inequality of fortunes.

Indeed, we must foster cost-saving competition. And that means joining the marketplace of other industrialized countries - not just for the manufacturers who sell drugs, but for consumers as well.

I like to have nice conversations with a man that teach me something, make me mad, make me curious. Then I find him attractive.

The way we do small things determines the way we do EVERYTHING