What Paris has done right is to make it awful to get around by car and awfully easy to get around by public transportation or by bike.

The art of reading between the lines is as old as manipulated information.

In some circles Stalin has in fact been making a comeback. His portrait hangs above the dashboard of trucks, a symbol of blue- collar nostalgia for a tough leader.

Soccer is a great game, and the rich variety of styles and passions that come with being truly global makes the World Cup a nonpareil event in the universe of competitive sport.

Newspaper reporting is really storytelling. We call our articles 'stories,' and we try to tell them in a way that even people who don't know all the background can understand them.

Every time some spoiled European soccer millionaire complains about the blaring vuvuzelas, I want them to blare louder.

Parisians overwhelmingly buy small cars. And it's not because people are petite, but because fuel is drop-dead expensive. Gasoline costs more than twice as much in Paris as in New York.

If you are afraid to take a chance, take one anyway. What you don't do can create the same regrets as the mistakes you make.

Let's have a moment of silence for all the chubby Asian dudes that are getting 'Gangnam style!' yelled at them by bros around the world.

Keep running after a dog and he will never bite you.

All things that God would have us do are hard for us to do--remember that--and hence, he oftener commands us than endeavours to persuade.

Now that I know that I am no wiser than anyone else, does this wisdom make me wiser?

When I'm in L.A., I try to run the canyons or play tennis with friends a few times a week. I've tried working out with a trainer and going to the gym, but I'd just much rather be outside.

My life in the past 20 years has changed. I don't count days anymore, I count the hours, the minutes, the seconds.

I feel the need to scream, and even if the scream is not answered, I find my sanity in the echo.

You saved me, Eve." He watched her blink in absolute shock. "What you are, what I feel for you, what we are together saved me." He kept his eyes on hers as he kissed her.