To a journalist, good news is often not news at all.

Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem.

I have had time to analyze my feelings. I am certain that they are totally neurotic, sexist, silly, and a big waste of time.

I was proud of the waves I had made, but wondered how many boats I was supposed to rock.

Miss Child is never bashful with butter.

Spanking and verbal criticism have become, to many parents, more important tools of child rearing than approval.

The establishment people tell us that if the workers wanted to share the profits, it was called communism. When management wants to share profits, it's called a bonus.

The House looks like more fun. It's like the Donahue show. The Senate is like one of those Sunday morning public service programs.

The system of volunteerism is divisive. It pits one charity against the others for the charity dollar.

I think the idea of creating a television news source that is not beholden to corporate interests is nirvana.

We should not use crippled children to sell hamburgers. Ever.

As one old gentleman put it, " Son, I don't care if you're stark nekkid and wear a bone in your nose. If you kin fiddle, you're all right with me. It's the music we make that counts.

To nurture your career, it makes sense to cultivate your strengths. To nurture your moral core, it is necessary to confront your weaknesses.

In visions of the night, like dropping rain, Descend the many memories of pain.

Liberty is the most jealous and exacting mistress that can beguile the brain and soul of man.

I see that the flagpole still stands. Have your troops hoist the colors to its peak, and let no enemy ever haul them down.

I don't necessarily read everything. I read what I need to read to inspire the book I'm trying to finish.

To delve into history entails, besides the grievance of hard work, the danger that in the depths one may lose one’s scapegoats.

God has created the world to play hide-and-seek with man.

Boycotting the referendum is a possible option ... because we believe that participating in the voting might be a useless act.

Narcissus does not fall in love with his reflection because it is beautiful, but because it is his. If it were his beauty that enthralled him, he would be set free in a few years by its fading.