The code of Hammurabi in ancient Babylon prescribed this punishment for a doctor convicted of inept surgery: amputation of the hands.

I have glaucoma, so use eye drops both morning and night.

Some think the worst horrors of war might be avoided by an international agreement not to use atomic bombs. This is a vain hope.

I loved going surfing down on Venice Beach. Id go out with a board under my arm and think, I cant do that in Cranhill.

If it is a crime to love the South, its cause and its President, then I am a criminal. I would rather lie down in this prison and die than leave it owing allegiance to a government such as yours.

I think this society suffers so much from too much freedom, too many rights that allow people to be irresponsible.

There are few things more powerful than the faithful prayers of a righteous mother.

We accepted education as the means to rise above the limitations that a prejudiced society endeavored to place upon us.

I am tapping into a place in you that is unexplored, and very dangerous, but I think essential to the creative life of an artist.

After the First World War the economic problem was no longer one of production. It was the problem of finding markets to get the output of industry and agriculture dispersed and consumed.

I'll make music, whether or not anyone is listening, for the rest of my life. It's a natural form of expression for me, the same way I draw and write and sing.

The good old days needed a lot of improvement. People aren't the only things that get better with age.

This is not a lie: Memory has the taste and texture of cooked meat. Eat it and live. Remember, but only what it is licit to remember.In Aerograd, the word for meat and memory are the same.

Never have a friend that's poorer than yourself.

Love is about all the changes you make, and not just three small words

We are learning to do a great many clever things. The next great task will be to learn not to do them.

Trouble is one of God's great servants because it reminds us how much we continually need the Lord.

Leadership is not just about what you do but what you can inspire, encourage and empower others to do.

Surely revival delays because prayer decays.

Why are we here? Where do we come from? Traditionally, these are questions for philosophy, but philosophy is dead.