Relying on luck, however, does not constitute a policy.

It may be useful to remember that a peacetime political machine is built essentially on patronage.

The Great God!

The presence of hundreds of books had finally convinced Hermione that what they were doing was right.

Now people want Brian Williams to resign, but it could have a happy ending. Apparently what he said was such a blatant departure from the truth, today he got an offer from Fox News.

Linguistics will have to recognise laws operating universally in language, and in a strictly rational manner, separating general phenomena from those restricted to one branch of languages or another.

Of all hateful occupations, housekeeping is to my mind the most hateful.

To seek out in a world full of joy the one thing that is certain to give you pain, and hug it to your bosom with all your strength; that's the greatest human happiness.

I shall state my thesis plain. The first poets were gods. Poetry began with the bicameral mind.

The large organization has to learn to innovate, or it won't survive.

Shale gas, if left to flourish, could create several hundred thousand more jobs.

This pilot, by far, was the best I ever read - and I hope that insults every other pilot I worked on.