With Zia's controversial demise in 1988, Jinnah was finally spared the false beard Zia kept pinning on the founder's otherwise clean-shaven face.

I do not know how it all started, but I would certainly play my part in how it all ends.

For books are more than books, they are the life, the very heart and core of ages past, the reason why men worked and died, the essence and quintessence of their lives.

Our existence has always and everywhere been tragic, but man has converted these numberless tragedies into works of art. I know of nothing more astonishing or more wonderful than this transformation.

Advances in technology and in our understanding of illness and disease together with an expanded workforce and greater resources will allow us to provide more services to a higher quality.

To be honest, I think kids have got a lot more going on than adults. They've got their heads screwed on a lot better.

Perfect heroines, like perfect heroes, aren't relatable, and if you can't put yourself in the protagonist's shoes, not only will they not inspire you, but the book will be pretty boring.

Through the years I've never stopped doing things, thinking about things, and I still think young.

We must rely less on spreadsheets and funding formulas and more on common sense.

And each day brings it's pretty dust, Our soon-choked souls to fll And we forget because we must, And not because we will.

Nature does not care what we call it, she just keeps on doing it.