In my experience flying search-and-rescue missions, the greatest single variable contributing to successful rescues was the preparedness and expertise of the person(s) in distress.

Does Obama really want his legacy to be, ‘The president who was an even bigger fool than Neville Chamberlain’?

One of the fascinating things about our lives - and minds - is that tend to spend years wishing and wanting others and the world around to see in us that which we ourselves do not appreciate fully.

I have employed someone who earns money for me and does not charge anything .. i call it my corpus or nest egg.It is a beautiful feeling when your corpus earns money and beats your salary

The smallest things get to her. It's as if she assumes everything will go right, and when it doesn't -- which, of course, is pretty often -- she is surprised and affronted.

A man does not need encouragement to lose his heart.

Peter was not very well during the evening. His mother put him to bed, and made some chamomile tea: "One table-spoonful to be taken at bedtime.

TARIFF, n. A scale of taxes on imports, designed to protect the domestic producer against the greed of his consumer.

You're late,' he said. 'I'm beautiful.' 'You're always beautiful.' 'I'm always late too.

This is a f***ing mess," I said tactfully.

You can be Hitler and go to confession and say forgive me, Father, I killed six million Jews, and the priest would just be like no problem. Say 10 Heil Marys. And Hitler goes to heaven.

Keep doing what you love to the best of your ability. Stop judging and get out of your own way.