It's a great time to book vacation travel for the winter, .. After the first of the year, airplanes are empty, resorts are empty, and they are very excited to get early bookings.

The Romans did not see [the tale of Romulus, Remus and the she-wolf] as a charming story; they meant to show that they had imbibed wolfish appetites and ferocity with their mother's milk.

What is meant by: "We mustn't give in to the terrorists"? We gave in to them the moment the first bombs fell on Afghanistan.

Short or long to Goblin City? The straight way's short But the long way's pretty.

Some people are passionate about aisles, others about window seats.

I can direct things but I can't write. My memory is going, so I struggle for words.

It took 200 years for the Crusaders to create [this] Muslim fanaticism. It was the exact imitation of Christian intolerance.

Sarah: That's not fair! Jareth: You say that so often, I wonder what your basis for comparison is?

Wild Thing made their hearts sing. But he couldn't top everything.

We are, of course, now against any other group burning Qurans. We would right now ask no one to burn Qurans. We are absolutely strong on that. It is not the time to do it.

Pinterest may have more travel intent data than any other site, so many people are pinning where they want to be.

Fashion is a distraction!

But the truth is, it's not the idea, it's never the idea, it's always what you do wit

One forgets words as one forgets names. One's vocabulary needs constant fertilizing or it will die.

My strengths make me contemptuous. My weaknesses make me charitable.

Business and human endeavors are systems...we tend to focus on snapshots of isolated parts of the system. And wonder why our deepest problems never get solved.

The essay must be artistically rendered: You must keep the reader engaged, whether with wit, conflict, mischief, and/or yes, with honesty.

Would you believe that I once entered a beauty contest? I must have been out of my mind. I not only came in last, I got 361 get-well cards.

The only emotional connection of relevance is with my dog. My relationship with my dog, it's ridiculous.

What is toleration? It is the prerogative of humanity. We are all steeped in weaknesses and errors: Let us forgive one another's follies, it is the first law of nature.

Real optimism is exposed to the worst but expects the best.