The America's Cup, yachting's great and garish grail, is a tumorous tureen no handsomer than a camel.

God said to Faldo, as He once said to Nicklaus, "You will have the skills like no other." Then he whispered to Ballesteros, as he whispered to Palmer, "But they will love you more."

Only a few millionaires with wet bottoms were very disappointed.

The dollar bills attached to her hips fluttered to the rug of the small square stage, like the first flakes of winter in the Bronx. (Dark City Lights)

The human race is all the same when it comes to romantic relations, ' said the Major. 'A startling absence of impulse control combined with complete myopia.

There are many good things in the world, but not all of them benefit you. Focus keeps you on the path of what is right and away from other options.

The deepest problems of the human race are spiritual in nature. They are rooted in man’s refusal to seek God’s way for his life. The problem is the human heart, which God alone can change.

My dad's a very sensitive man, but as the archetypal rebellious teenager, I didn't realise that.

If you think of this world as a place intended simply for our happiness, you find it quite intolerable: think of it as a place of training and correction and it's not so bad.

My hair is naturally blonde... Just for the record. ~ Jace

Why do people say they wish every day was Friday? If it was always Friday, we'd be here every freakin' day.

You can't put this possum in a cage

Governments have persistently tried their best to promote, encourage, and expand the circulation of bank and government paper, and to discourage the people's use of gold itself.

They say time flies, but you keep breaking it’s wings.