God is our father, but even more is God our mother.

Remember: Christ is calling you; the Church needs you; the Pope believes in you and he expects great things of you.

If someone had told me I would be Pope one day, I would have studied harder.

Playing sport has become very important today, since it can encourage young people to develop important values such as loyalty, perseverance, friendship, sharing and solidarity.

I come without five lire. I want to leave without five lire.

I am at best on the C list for Pope.

Even the young are killing each other.

I will see you tomorrow, if God wills it.

He looked at her as a man might look at a faded flower he had plucked, in which it was difficult for him to trace the beauty that had made him pick and so destroy it

May the Lord answer you when you are in distress May the name of the God of Jacob protect you May he send you help from the sanctuary and grant you support from Zion.

confused and Stunned, like a duck hit on the head.

Poetry is a packsack of invisible keepsakes.

No military timetable should compel war when a successful outcome, namely a disarmed Iraq may be feasible without war, for example by allowing more time to the UN inspectors.

The contest between form and content is what, is what art is about - it's art history. That's what basically everybody has ever contended with. The problem is uniquely complex in still photography.

I'd say writing is easier for me now than it once was, but I do less of it.

The '60s aren't over; they won't be over until the Fat Lady gets high.

He has the personality of a child prodigy, but no discernable talent.

Colleges typically did not tell you that ninety percent of your education came after you hung the parchment on the wall. People might ask for a rebate.