Practically every day, there is a story in the newspapers about a new breakthrough drug on Parkinson's.

And there are lots of drug companies that are working on cure or medicine.

At NIH, what tends to happen is that the proven researchers tend to get the money. New researchers, younger researchers, or people on the cutting edge don't get the money until they have gray beards.

President Bush bet his presidency-and America's world leadership-on the war in Iraq. Tragically, it looks as though he bit off more than the American people were willing to chew.

How much blood makes a 'bloodbath'?

Life is not for show, but for real.

This is not something anyone can teach you. Heartbreak you must learn on your own.

Good plan, " Freddy was saying. "Let's get some decent sleep. Tomorrow we can shake our gravy asses into town and do some sluething.

The key to triumph is the art of choosing your battles – staying focused on your vision and avoiding distraction.

I have no resentments, no complaints, no ax to grind. I simply feel what I feel and do what I do.

A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend. A successful woman is one who can find such a man.

I came into this life, looked all around. I saw just what I liked and took what I found.

To live strikes me as a metaphysical mistake of matter, a dereliction of inaction.

Dean's wife, Judith Steinberg, made a rare appearance with Dean. She's a doctor, so I guess they brought her in to stop the hemorrhaging.

Men are monopolists of "stars, garters, buttons and other shining baubles"- unfit to be the guardians of another person's happiness.

Without monsters and gods, art cannot enact a drama.