According to the University of Illinois' Arctic Climate Research Center, global sea ice levels now equal those of 1979.

Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only a hole in Arizona. Not all holes, or games, are created equal.

Some parents say it is toy guns that make boys warlike. But give a boy a rubber duck and he will seize its neck like the butt of a pistol and shout 'Bang!'

Americans are overreaching; overreaching is the most admirable and most American of the many American excesses.

The pursuit of perfection often impedes improvement.

Ronald Reagan has held the two most demeaning jobs in the country; President of the United States and radio broadcaster for the Chicago Cubs.

The unpleasant sound Bush is emitting as he traipses from one conservative gathering to another is a thin, tinny "arf" - the sound of a lap dog.

Sports is a moral undertaking because it requires of participants, and it schools spectators in the appreciation of, noble things - courage, grace under pressure, sportsmanship.

A politician's words reveal less about what he thinks about his subject than what he thinks about his audience.

A society that thinks the choice between ways of living is just a choice between equally eligible 'lifestyles' turns universities into academic cafeterias offering junk food for the mind.

Donald Trump is redundant evidence that if your net worth is high enough, your IQ can be very low and you can still intrude into American politics.

Inevitable is not the same as immediate, Sieh--and love does not mandate forgiveness.

Only thing that makes us fail in all moments, expectations.

Discipline isn't about showing a dog who's boss

If you don’t jump, the wings never come.

A slave is one who waits for someone to come and free him.

It was always acting, singing and dancing that I loved.

Think excitement, talk excitement, act out excitement, and you are bound to become an excited person.

Having caught a glimpse of what I might be able to do with my talent, I feel a tremendous obligation to try to fulfill it.

What we learn through failure becomes a precious part of us, strengthening us in everything we do. So let the tough things make you tougher.

And before you ask, I don't ask what equipment my lovers have, merely if they want to play.