Often, we speak too hastily. We claim ideals and embrace images and dreams of fantasy. We make promises without thinking about the consequences.

It was not a comfortable Throne, this seat made of stone. But power was not supposed to be comfortable.

When are you going to marry her? “As soon as I can find a preacher willing to perform a ceremony with a handcuffed and gagged bride, ” Zach replied grimly.

Take time to appreciate employees and they will reciprocate in a thousand ways.

If you take the the insults of your fellow human beings personally, you will be offended for the rest of your life.

The ruin of a State is generally preceded by an universal degeneracy of manners and contempt of religion.

The three things a guy should want to change about his girl is her last name, address and her viewpoint on men.

I don't do stuff to be a star. I do it because I feel it's important for kids, African American kids, to see an African American face that plays baseball.

I'm looking for stories that make me sit up and take notice. For engagement with language and style in ways that the genre doesn't see enough of.

Obama is capable - as evidenced by his first-term success with health care reform. But mandate-building requires humility, a trait not easily associated with him.

Self-forgetfulness in creativity can lead to self-transcendence.

I weigh the man, not his title; 'tis not the king's stamp can make the metal better.