Why can I not fight for my country too?

As an overruling providence may succeed our wishes, let us rear an offspring in every respect worthy to fill the most illustrious stations of their predecessors.

Such is my experience - not that I ever mourned the loss of a child, but that I consider myself as lost!

The day had begun to feel tinny: a pretend day, a dream day, that for some unaccountable reason she had to go on and on with as if it were real.

Many great opportunities are not cheap

Don't fool yourself. Talking about writing is not the same as actually doing it.

You have to look at the history of the Middle East in particular. It has been one of failure and frustration, of feudalism and tribalism.

Basic science provides long-term benefits for ourselves and our fragile planet and should be supported by all the world's societies.

I have high expectations for myself. I'm not out there playing the game just to be playing it. I want to win a championship.

You need a lot of things in any organization, but one of the critical things is trust. When you lose trust and you feel betrayed, and it's not a matter of judgment.

The lowest form of popular culture - lack of information, misinformation, disinformation, and a contempt for the truth or the reality of most people's lives - has overrun real journalism.

Only deeds give strength to life, only moderation gives it charm.

The things that are said in literature are always the same. What is important is the way they are said.