Anything devised by man has bureaucracy, corrpution and error hardwired at inception.

Books may look like nothing more than words on a page, but they are actually an infinitely complex imaginotransference technology that translates odd, inky squiggles into pictures inside your head.

Fiction wouldn't be much fun without its fair share of scoundrels, and they have to live somewhere.

Books" - Snell smiled - "are a kind of magic.

Prices of semicolons, plot devices, prologues and inciting incidents continued to fall yesterday, lopping twenty points off the TomJones Index.

Jace suggested that the cast of "Gilligan's Island" could go do something anatomically unlikely with themselves.

Fueled by faith and passion for our true priorities we're going to drive against traffic in order to find rest, refreshment, and time for what matters most in life.

The secret of happiness is to count your blessings - not your birthdays.

I want to continue to speak out on issues that matter to me. I want to have even more of a voice.

Wise people say it is folly to think anybody perfect; and as to likes and dislikes, we should be friendly to all, and worship none

It is impossible for human nature to believe that money is not there. It seems so much more likely that the money is there and only needs bawling for.

An artist can accomplish anything provided he doesn't accept facts or defeat for more than a few minutes.

When I was a child, our whole family cooked. All my cousins cooked. All my aunts and uncles cooked. It was part of our heritage.

Wherever flowers cannot be reared, there man cannot live.

What happens in the present moment? In the present moment, you are producing thought, speech, and action. And they continue in the world.