Respondents had been so overwhelmed by their in-box they'd declared "e-mail bankruptcy.

Maturity is largely about acquiring the confidence and the competence to make your own decisions.

We must acknowledge that bearing and raising children is not some pesky, peripheral activity that we engage in, but the whole point.

...boredom is all about perception. It's a self-diagnosis, plain and simple. If you don't realize you're bored, you're not.

Cities have personalities, just as people do, and that finding the right place to live is akin to finding the right partner to live with.

Motivation begins with discomfort- with needs that are unfulfilled.

The more interesting life becomes, in other words, the more boredom we are doomed to experience.

Dreams come from that special place in our mind where our soul loves to spend its holidays.

The dreams of youth grow dim where they lie caked with dust on the shelves of patience. Before we know it, the tomb is sealed.

It is said that man doesn't live by bread alone. Sometimes this is unfortunate, because people who cannot live by bread alone too often kill other people in consequence of the fights they get into.

The current lack of a national standard for operators of medical imaging and radiation therapy equipment poses a hazard to American patients and jeopardizes quality health care.

I would never write in response to what I believe the public wanted or needed.

If you're feeling abandoned by the world, interact with anyone you can.

I'm not a player, I'm an alien...My focus is on winning championships. I don't focus on anything else. Aliens only want to win championships.

I been in the blues all my life. I'm still delivering 'cause I got a long memory.

Short of throwing away all television sets, I really don't know what we can do about writing.

When a man has died, he wants you to know about it.