A fruitfly is ancient in 40 days, a mouse at 3 years, a horse at 30, a man at 100, and some species of tortoises not until 150 years.

It is astonishing to realise that the human species survived hundreds of thousands of years, more than 99 percent of its time on this planet, with a life expectancy of only eighteen years.

Courage is the vision that lets us see ourselves in the mirror of our fears.

The presidency is temporary-but the family is permanent.

The entire Quran is a big joke. If it was not so violent, it would be the biggest comic book ever written.

We aged a hundred years, and this happened in a single hour: the short summer had already died, the body of the ploughed plains smoked.

That's the worst way you can hear about comedy material: from a third person's blog story that they wrote when they were upset.

If you aren't born here, to be a real New Yorker, you have to bring your talent, be a successful mentor, and support the New Yorkers who made the city by giving back.

Don't let anything like trees in the Clearwater National Forest get in the way of providing jobs and fueling the economy, even if that means cutting down every last tree in the state.

There is only going to be one Kate Moss. Kate is an icon.

I feel that schools and corporates should help the government in popularising sports in the country. Blaming the government for every sporting debacle will not be fair.

Then he gave her a kiss on the forehead that felt like a baptism and she wept like a baby.