Obama is making a choice now that will lead to the deaths of many thousands of civilians in Afghanistan by American hands. By ordinary standards of presidents, he is a decent man. But those standards aren't good enough. He's in a position either to kill or not to kill, and he's made the decision to kill.
My mother and I will continue on some level that I haven't determined yet. I think my mother's a great character, and I have to say that giving my mother to the world has to be the biggest thrill of my writing career.
Socialism also brings us up against the hard rock of eugenic fact which, if we neglect it, will dash our most beautiful social construction to fragments.
Unless you go out and say what you stand for, other people will do it for you.
Death is the last enemy: once we've got past that I think everything will be alright.
When we try to write a pop song, we go for standard pop arrangements, even to the point where we will go to the key change at the end, which is really cheesy.
Feast of Stephen, Deacon, First Martyr, the man who will not act until he knows all will never act at all.
Grieve not, then, if your sons seem to desert you, but rejoice, rather, seeing the will of God done gladly.
The sound of 'gentle stillness' after all the thunder and wind have passed will the ultimate Word from God.
There is hardly any money interest in art, and music will be there when money is gone.
I have always felt that laughter in the face of reality is probably the finest sound there is and will last until the day when the game is called on account of darkness. In this world, a good time to laugh is any time you can.
I love the fact that it starts from there, and you don't know where it's gonna go. Wait long enough - love will find you. Everything's a surprise. When you think you've got it all figured out... as Emerson said, the dice of God are always loaded.
The British Constitution has always been puzzling and always will be.
Though the sex to which I belong is considered weak you will nevertheless find me a rock that bends to no wind.
Though I am not imperial, and though Elizabeth may not deserve it, the Queen of England will easily deserve to have an emperor's son to marry.