The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice, and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy in him. Proverbs 23:24

Other translations may engage the mind, but the King James Version is the Bible of the heart.

The growth of medical expenditures in the U.S. is not caused by administrative costs but by increases in the technical intensity of care over time - a.k.a. medical progress.

We play a tough game. If people want to whinge, they can go to a different sport. It's part of the game, it's what I love about it . . . and I'd hate to see it go.

No precautions, and no precautionary principle, can avoid problems that we do not yet foresee. We need a stance of problem-fixing, not just problem-avoidance.

Well, maybe I'm not so emotionally dysfunctional after all.

The world is so full of ill-nature that I have lampoons sent me by people who cannot spell, and satires composed by those who scarce know how to write.

I cannot believe that my illness is natural. I suspect Satan, and therefore I am the more inclined to take it lightly.

Don't just reach for the stars. Grab a hold of one, grasp it tightly, and pull it into your heart and soul.

Believe in miracles. And live in a way that might necessitate one.

The living world is not a single array... connected by unbroken series of intergrades.

I will not meddle in America's internal political squabbles.