Funerals and weddings were commonplace, and nothing could have been so interesting to them as the coming of the end of the world ... unless it had been a first-class circus.

Persistent people begin their success where others end in failure.

Journalism is organized gossip.

The storyteller is one who comes bearing a great and lasting gift.

Jesus was the first great teacher of men who showed a genuine sympathy for childhood. When He said "Of such is the kingdom of heaven," it was a revelation.

Some books are undeservedly forgotten

I'm a little monster. Cuddling is my specail attack. #cuddlemonster

Artists often think they are going to die before their time. They seem to possess a heightened sense of the passing of the hours.

Each person is living for himself; his own happiness is all he can ever personally feel.

Sometimes it feels like the whole world is conspiring to destroy my house... " - Shigure Sohma

Puppet Papademos is in place, and as Athens caught fire on Sunday night he rather took my breath away - he said violence and destruction have no place in a democratic country.

We've come a long way in our thinking, but also in our moral decay. I can't imagine Dr. King watching the 'Real Housewives' or 'Jersey Shore.'

Three hundred bridges become structurally deficient each year in the state of Pennsylvania. That's one percent added to the already 23 percent they already have. They just can't fix them fast enough.

I know that I could make this world peaceful and calm, if I only could get my hands on a hydrogen bomb.

You can never correct your work well until you have forgotten it.