It was unexpected. That's just how it was. I don't believe they were faster than us. I don't believe they had more heart or dedication. It just fell on their side. That's the reality of it.

Good communication is the bridge between confusion and clarity.

Having soon discovered to be great, I must appear so, and therefore studiously avoided mixing in society, and wrapped myself in mystery, devoting my time to fasting and prayer.

We must stop calling bribes in our higher institutions “helping my child to gain admission.

Even people on the liberal side are starting to worry about going off a fiscal cliff.

Always sailing, sailing, sailing...never quite reaching.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. So the only thing to really be afraid of is if you don't go get your mammograms.

We need common-sense judges who understand our rights were derived from God

Why would I endorse the hibachi grill when I am the hibachi grill?

You don't become a saint by comparing yourself to a sinner.

Things always seem to glide away. They come to you, stay a moment, then leave again.

Love is friendship on fire -- anonymous

I never quite understand the way society decides who is beautiful and who is not. But an open face and a capacity for kindness always feel like reliable signifiers to me.