Parisians overwhelmingly buy small cars. And it's not because people are petite, but because fuel is drop-dead expensive. Gasoline costs more than twice as much in Paris as in New York.

The art of reading between the lines is as old as manipulated information.

In some circles Stalin has in fact been making a comeback. His portrait hangs above the dashboard of trucks, a symbol of blue- collar nostalgia for a tough leader.

Soccer is a great game, and the rich variety of styles and passions that come with being truly global makes the World Cup a nonpareil event in the universe of competitive sport.

Newspaper reporting is really storytelling. We call our articles 'stories,' and we try to tell them in a way that even people who don't know all the background can understand them.

Every time some spoiled European soccer millionaire complains about the blaring vuvuzelas, I want them to blare louder.

What Paris has done right is to make it awful to get around by car and awfully easy to get around by public transportation or by bike.

Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.

None but a mule denies his family.

modern science was largely conceived of as an answer to the servant problem and ... it is generally practiced by those who lack a flair for conversation.

I want to be free Michael, just for once in my whole life I want to be free" "You are free. You just don't know it yet

The coming of the wireless era will make war impossible, because it will make war ridiculous.

A business is successful to the extent that it provides a product or service that contributes to happiness in all of its forms.

Working on the plot/story idea for my next novel ... It always takes time.

Wouldn't it be nice if everything balanced in the world? If right came out on top and wrong was punished. It sure would be simple.

He is the creator, and sustainer and Lord of all things and He is worthy of your honor and obedience.

Reason is like an officer when the king appears. The officer then loses his power and hides himself. Reason is the shadow cast by God; God is the sun.