The ban on assault weapons has decreased gun violence in Baltimore not one iota. That's because few, if any, of the shootings were done with assault weapons.

Somewhere along the line, many Americans relegated the media to a notch on the morality scale only slightly above that of child molesters.

The fingerprinting requirement affected only law-abiding citizens that want to buy firearms. It had no impact on Baltimore's criminal element at all.

Never forsake what we have. There is no barter or trade worth exchanging what we mean to one another.

He was cold and tired, but he ignored the cold. Around him stars shone. Some bright, some dim, the most constant things in life. Segundo smiled up at them, happy at least to be dying among friends.

My dream has come true. I play with the great players and on a great team. I'm smiling and happy and enjoying the time of my life.

Sir Walter, with his 61 years of life, although he never wrote a novel until he was over 40, had, fortunately for the world, a longer working career than most of his brethren.

People are cooking less but obsessing about it more.

The world depends on fungi, because they are major players in the cycling of materials and energy around the world.

He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.

Nobody's ever called me Sir Richard. Occasionally in America, I hear people saying Sir Richard and think there's some Shakespearean play taking place. But nowhere else anyway.

Let me ask you, do you love your freedom that you have here in America? Well, so do I.

You have the optimism of a child. (Julian) Peter Pan all the way. (Grace)