The art of reading between the lines is as old as manipulated information.

In some circles Stalin has in fact been making a comeback. His portrait hangs above the dashboard of trucks, a symbol of blue- collar nostalgia for a tough leader.

Soccer is a great game, and the rich variety of styles and passions that come with being truly global makes the World Cup a nonpareil event in the universe of competitive sport.

Newspaper reporting is really storytelling. We call our articles 'stories,' and we try to tell them in a way that even people who don't know all the background can understand them.

Every time some spoiled European soccer millionaire complains about the blaring vuvuzelas, I want them to blare louder.

What Paris has done right is to make it awful to get around by car and awfully easy to get around by public transportation or by bike.

Parisians overwhelmingly buy small cars. And it's not because people are petite, but because fuel is drop-dead expensive. Gasoline costs more than twice as much in Paris as in New York.

I no longer feel the need to see and sense more than I've already experienced. I just want so desperately to hang on what I have.

Music is the fertilizer for heart to bloom the flower of love and peace.

Sometimes it’s the dirt between your toes that gives you the clearest picture in your mind. Grounding yourself aligns the dirt between your toes and the vision in your mind.

Persistence is the iron quality of success; if you persist long enough you must eventually succeed

I learned very early on that it's necessary but not sufficient for scientists to go to school board meetings and say, 'We shouldn't be teaching creationism.' Being right doesn't mean it'll pass.

I don't know when the end of the world is, but there are people that I speak to every night, the end of their world could be tomorrow because we don't know when life will end.

Anger is inside you, revealed by an outside source.

Don't you dare weep," he commanded. "You've broken my heart." "I 'll fix it later.

Maybe it's time to stop creating God in our image and let Him create you in His.

I went to a restaurant with my friend, and he said, "Pass the salt." I said, "Screw you! Sit closer to the salt."