The stranglehold of the departed was much resented by the new generation of aspiring authors. Which is why it is who did make the breakthrough were so admired.

A long list of propositions does not necessarily make a coherent argument

It is often the parishioners, the men and women in the pews, who set the tone.

Because there was no pre-existing patrician elite, those successful in the new book industry could write very swiftly to the top of the social hierarchy.

Print, it transpired, was not just an instrument of agitation and change: now it was equally necessary to win the peace.

His plain, undecorated, and utilitarian work reeked week of provincialism.

In an age that valued prolonged and detailed exposition, complexity, and repetition it was astonishing that Luther should have instinctively discerned the value of brevity.

Sacred joy exists in any suffering.

Most of us would be willing to pay as we go if we could just finish paying for where we've been.

I think there's a misconception that I'm opposed to social media.

When you prohibit failure, you kill innovation.

I believe that human overpopulation is the fundamental problem on Earth Today" and, "We humans have become a disease, the Humanpox

The danger to power is obsession - power junkies. You need a very strong mind and humor to balance yourself. If you don't, you will get shredded.

Imagination is to love what gas is to the balloon-that which raises it from earth.

I am ashamed to admit I watch a lot of reality shows like The Osbournes and The Bachelor.

To be honest Im quite boring I love to go bowling and to the moviesWhen it comes to my wardrobe I think I dress like a 30 year old woman

Dignity was the first quality to be abandoned when the heart took over the running of human affairs.