It is somehow reassuring to discover that the word travel is derived from travail, denoting the pains of childbirth.

You may not be able to change the world, but at least you can embarrass the guilty.

Gracious dying is a huge, macabre and expensive joke on the American public.

[On the United States:] A nation which does not appreciate that the simple elocution exercise 'Merry Mary married hairy Harry' contains not one but three vowel sounds.

Objectivity? I've always had an objective.

Picking other people's brains is an art worth cultivating.

Things on the whole are much faster in America; people don't 'stand for election', they 'run for office.'

Enemies are, to me, as important as friends in my life, and when they die I mourn their passing.

The character and mentality of the keepers may be of more importance in understanding prisons than the character and mentality of the kept.

I have nothing against undertakers personally. It's just that I wouldn't want one to bury my sister.

Growing up in the English countryside seemed an interminable process. Freezing winter gave way to frosty spring, which in turn merged into chilly summer-but nothing ever, ever happened.

Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.

The best thing about growing older is that it takes such a long time.

Decide now that you are worthy of great wealth and it will be your first step toward great prosperity

Developing spirituality is critical to our eternal progress. The fruits of eternal progress are manifest in joy, peace, love, hope, increased confidence in the Lord.

I think you hear a lot of people say 'I support the troops' and all of that, but I really feel deeply that I do.

Beauty scatters the seeds of hope in us.

Th' imperial ensign, which full high advanc'd Shone like a meteor, streaming to the wind.

I love my little Mac G4 computer and we just had Internet installed on the bus... we all have little Macs actually, there's four of us on the bus, and we all just sit there and surf the Internet!

I might paraphrase Churchill and say: never have I received so much for so little.

The United States has got some of the dumbest people in the world. I want you to know that we know that.