A translation can never equal the original; it can approach it, and its quality can only be judged as to accuracy by how close it gets.

Every act of communication is an act of translation.

I have always maintained that translation is essentially the closest reading one can possibly give a text. The translator cannot ignore "lesser" words, but must consider every jot and tittle.

A translator is essentially a reader and we all read differently, except that a translator's reading remains in unchanging print

Teaching translation is more of an editing job. You act as editor. But you can have fun with it.

It should be made clear that religious freedom DOES NOT include the right to persecute others, nor the right to take away their humanity and equal treatment before the law.

Hope lies in action

I'm happy going home early and working out and just being a mother and being a wife.

But I figure you're never too old to learn. That's when you become old, when you stop being fascinated by things, when you stop wanting to learn and explore.

This is what I think art is and what I demand of it: that it pull everyone in, that it show one person another's most intimate thoughts and feelings, that it throw open the window of the soul.

Feed your head. Feed your head. Feed your head

If you think you don't have any time for prayer, and can't find any time, then ask God to forgive you... The Pope isn't too busy for his daily rosary; if you're busier than the Pope, you're too busy.

Give a man a reputation as an early riser and he can sleep 'til noon.

In television, there's no time. You can't walk around and get into the mood. Nobody is going to wait for you. They're like, "Let's go!," and I'm like, "Wait, I haven't gotten in the mood!"

I can't control the naysayers. I can control my attitude and work ethic and determination and that's what I'm focused on now.