Who cares about the men who steered your breakfast cereal through winter storms? How ironic that the more ships have grown in size and consequence, the less space they take up in our imagination.

The humble latrine, or flush toilet, reduces disease by twice as much as just putting in clean water.

I'd grown up thinking that a [sanitary toilet] was my right, when in fact it's a privilege - 2.5 billion people worldwide have no adequate toilet.

Felixstowe, the United Kingdom's largest port, stops work only for Christmas Day and for crane-toppling Force 9 gales.

The more ships have grown in size and consequence, the more their place in our imagination has shrunk.

Pray for guidance and follow your intuition.

You will only find everything necessary for a happy and successful life in the Promised Land of your calling.

the not-so-bookish librarian was half angel, half she-devil, so sayeth the rumor mill.

I think the comfort of sneakers is really coming back. Everybody wants a cool pair of shoes, but they want to be comfortable.

An actor shouldn't have to leave the set and go home and write a bunch of stuff for a bunch of other people, the next day. I found it very unpleasant.

Your life's work is something you love to do, something your talents can find full expression through. If we enjoy our work, we are sure to bring our creativity and enthusiasm to it.

Before all else, be armed.

'The Color Purple' is the kind of character piece that a director like Sidney Lumet could do brilliantly with one hand tied behind his back.

But in a story, which is a kind of dreaming, the dead sometimes smile and sit up and return to the world.

If I'm dying from anything, it's from indifference and red tape.