And once again the government has failed to get the kind of cooperation from the relatives that might allow the case of this young boy to end in a civilized manner that is best for him.

I'm an immigrant and I've always wanted to write something about America.

There will be good days and bad, which means that some days I may be cranky and some days really cranky!

I think I came to see Islam, or at least one part of Islam, as an important defense mechanism against the commercialization of the world.

Patriotism is (like) loving your family whether it is good or bad, while always striving to make it better. Nationalism simply insists 'Hey my family is the best'.

I have never spent a day in my adult life where I didn't learn something, and if there is a born-again quality to me, that's it.

I don't think a reporter should give advice or make predictions.

Have a sense of humor about life - you will need it. And be courteous.

I think Chris Matthews is a very bright guy. I'd listen to him even if he didn't shout at people.

I don't think anybody who looks carefully at us thinks that we are a left-wing or a right-wing organization.

I'm not a slave to objectivity. I'm never quite sure what it means. And it means different things to different people.

You can do things. Do you know this?Do you believe it?You should.It’s true.You can do great things.

Take all mistakes for love, because there actually are no mistakes.

There are other tracks that are more reliant upon the beat. Like nobody's going to sit there and play "Harlem Shake" on the guitar!

The Chinese economy has huge potential and flexibility.

In pushing other species to extinction, humanity is busy sawing off the limb on which it perches.

A clerk and a ladder and warm golden light, and then: the right book exactly, at exactly the right time.

The minute I get a big head and start acting like the big man on campus, it's all downhill from there.

Until women are as ambitious as men, they're not gong to achieve as much as men.

We can debate this or that aspect of climate change, but the reality is that most people now accept our climate is indeed subject to change as a result of greenhouse gas emissions.

They say love conquers all You can't start it like a car You can't stop it with a gun.