More than this, even in those white men who professed religion we found much inconsistency of conduct. They spoke much of spiritual things, while seeking only the material.

Friendship is held to be the severest test of character. It is easy, we think, to be loyal to a family and clan, whose blood is in your own veins.

Nearness to nature... keeps the spirit sensitive to impressions not commonly felt and in touch with the unseen powers.

The clan is nothing more than a larger family, with its patriarchal chief as the natural head, and the union of several clans by intermarriage and voluntary connection constitutes the tribe.

The family was not only the social unit, but also the unit of government.

Life is a battle

Above and behind them the Dipper turned on its great handle as if to pour night itself out onto the dreaming continent and each of its seven stars gleamed from between the fitful clouds.

I'm afraid the workings of J.J. Abrams' mind falls outside the predictive capacity of any coherent theory.

Actors, lots of times, are great when they have great parts. For me, a lot of times, it's been the part.

What good is truth, at midnight, in the dark, when the wind is roaring like a bear in the chimney?

Why, this fellow doesn't know any more about politics than a pig knows about Sunday.

Sonny Liston is great. But he'll fall in eight.

I grew up on cricket and I think Australian kids are getting so Americanized.

What leader has no lessons to learn from his followers?

He is winding the watch of his wit; by and by it will strike.