I have no hankerin’ for thrills if needs be sought in the heavens. I shall keep my feet firmly planted in contentment.

I shall yield a rifle of fury, loaded with the justice of time and the raging storm of my soul!

Is it crazy to say that I sometimes don't understand what I write but I write it anyway, because maybe someone, somewhere, somehow, would feel what I didn't?

Joe Smith and Brigham Young laid out Independence, but very soon thereafter enough citizens of the county collected to drive them off, after several stubborn fights.

Every man regards his own life as the New Year's Eve of time.

I knew going in that being a single parent would be one of the toughest jobs I'd ever have. I'd been a talk-show host, actor, comic, and on and on, but this gig was going to be my defining moment.

His eyes held hers. “Because I knew, ten seconds after walking into this office and meeting you, that we had this in the bag.

Frentzen is taking, er, reducing that gap between himself and Frentzen.

Be good at something. It makes you valuable. Have something to bring to the table, because that will make you more welcome.

The Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act is an important authorization for our country and for our citizens, as we have seen so vividly in the last few weeks.

You've got to be smart enough to write and stupid enough to not think about all the things that might go wrong.

You're awfully small to be so hugely irritating.