it is easier to induce national governments to discriminate against foreign producers than to defend the interests of domestic consumers

either on a competitive or a cartel basis.

the basic principle of capitalism: that the penalties (losses) no less than the rewards (profits) of risk taking shall go to those who embark on a productive venture.

Eventlessness has no post to drape duration on.

A woman's hopes are woven of sunbeams a shadow annihilates them.

To be effective the preacher's message must be alive; it must alarm, arouse, challenge; it must be God's present voice to a particular people.

I do believe there's a heaven. I do believe that God has given me the resilience and the survival skills to withstand the chiffon trenches.

Any song I don't feel good about, I shelve. Anything you ever hear me sing, it's because I want to.

I'm not a pastor; I've never been on staff at a church.

What I'm trying to do is to at least raise a flag to the blinding light of technology.

I want to tell a story that makes the reader always want to see what will happen next.

Don't integrate anything into your wardrobe that's going to make you feel hugely uncomfortable when you leave home. Get the comfort thing down first - baby steps.

Before I could talk, I would try to sing.