We are taking a business-as-usual position at my agency, though business before 9/11 wasn't that hot either!

Cause if you shoot a bullet someone dies. If you drop a bomb many die. You hit a woman, love dies. But if you say the F-word... nothing actually happens.

It seems to me there's so much more to the world than the average eye is allowed to see. I believe, if you look hard, there are more wonders in this universe than you could ever have dreamt of.

No one likes it, apart from blind people, and I'm sure even they can sense it's profound ugliness as it passes by.

You see, that's the whole point of being in government. If you don't like something you simply make up a law that makes it illegal.

Most writers can write books faster than publishers can write checks.

Except for a few small presses, most publishers are north of Ground Zero.

Laboratories can reduce risk by implementing a proven and internationally accepted quality assurance technology that is applicable across the globe.

I gave you three proofs of witchcraft. A cat that drinks blood! A horse that talks! And a man who propagates POODLES!

I have to declare in all candor that no one interested in being published in our time can afford to be so naive as to believe that a book will make it merely because it's good.

The great thing about the Internet is that it will not abide by the rules.

None so deaf as those that will not hear.

Miracles do occur, and it's never too late to turn your life around and reach for something better.

Shut not thy purse-strings always against painted distress.

The game is rigged to work for those who already have money and power.

The next step in meditation is not just to focus, but to stop thought completely without having to focus; you gain a tremendous amount of personal power.

How long have you been holding those words in your head, hoping to use them?

Why are we here on earth? To create. It's in our nature.

Time can be such a menace to a man. By this age do that; by that age do better.

Honor the image of God. Human beings are not accidents, but creations.

Some things are better than other things: Google, Gmail, my vintage Montgomery Wards socket set (30+ years, still going strong), my Estwing framing hammer, and my Dremel rotary tool.