I pride myself on making my own decisions, sir, " she said. "I do not welcome gentlemen making them for me.

Maria didn’t fear the sea but, as taught by her father, she respected its power. In her experience the ocean had no intent to drown travellers.

The jungle is alive. It’s dangerous as a living nightmare and brimful of hostility.

The smell of roasting meat rose from the street stalls in a sizzle and a fiddle player begged for coin as he rasped a haunting melody. Life could not be more perfect.

A journey is an achievement, Maria, just as much as a mathematical proof.

She enjoyed the sights and sounds of the dockside – ports were places of freedom.

Today is the anniversary of my husband’s death, " Maria announced. It was a dramatic statement, but the occasion seemed to demand it. "And I am going to leave.

There was something about Maria Graham that you could believe in – a slice of home. If not unique in her travelling, she was at least extraordinary.

A life filled with excuses is defeated, unproductive, and miserable.

Man is mortal, and as the professor so rightly said mortality can come so suddenly

Talent, just like gold or any other precious commodity is subject to the same demand & supply economics

There are only two types of women - goddesses and doormats.

Healing is an inside job.

I thought, "I don't want to be the only unfunny guy in this movie. I really would like to be somehow involved in the comedy if I'm going to do it."

Washington, D.C. in 1942 was not the easiest place in the world for a Negro to get along.

When a man forgets himself, he usually does something everybody else remembers.

User-generated content is not done by professionals. The best user-generated content eventually becomes those people gravitated in the professional world.

The best way to help the poor is to slash taxes and allow savings, investment, and creation of jobs to proceed unhampered.