This was an away-day for the deputy prime minister's staff, who've had a change of responsibilities [on John Prescott's scandalous playing habits... on the croquet lawn]

The gentleness of your action touched my heart.

A sign in the yard of a church next door said CHRIST IS THE ANSWER. (The question, of course, is: What do you say when you strike your thumb with a hammer?)

Nashville used to have more integrity than just looking at the bottom line.

Every night I give a violin recital for six hours, and attendance is mandatory. The word 'mandatory' means that if you don't show up, you have to buy me a large bag of candy and watch me eat it.

The Anasazi did manage to construct in stone the largest and tallest buildings erected in North America until the Chicago steel girder skyscrapers of the 1880s.

There is not the slightest indication that nuclear energy will ever be obtainable.

In short, the elimination of the financial legacy of Reaganomics could force the United States to make some exceptionally difficult choices indeed.

Unless we take care of the society we live in, there won't be any society left to support our businesses. We have to give as much as we extract.

I sing the body electric.

Mountains and rivers are easy to move, but it's impossible to change a man's nature.