We clear the harbor and the wind catches her sails and my beautiful ship leans over ever so gracefully, and her elegant bow cuts cleanly into the increasing chop of the waves. I take a deep breath and my chest expands and my heart starts thumping so ...
I make up as little as possible. I spend a great deal of time on research, on finding all the available accounts of a scene or incident, finding out all the background details and the biographies of the people involved there, and I try to run up all ...
Your corn is ripe today; mine will be so tomorrow. 'Tis profitable for us both, that I should labour with you today, and that you should aid me tomorrow. I have no kindness for you, and know you have as little for me. I will not, therefore, take any ...
You can only afford to be generous if you actually have some money in the bank to give. In the same way, if your only source of love and meaning is your spouse, then anytime he or she fails you, it will not just cause grief but a psychological catacl...
Corus lay on the southern bank of the Oloron River, towers glinting in the sun. The homes of wealthy men lined the river to the north; tanners, smiths, wainwrights, carpenters, and the poor clustered on the bank to the south. The city was a richly co...
Keith Frazier: Oh, please, do not say proposals... my girlfriend... she wants a proposal from me. Dalton Russell: You think you're too young to get married? Keith Frazier: No, I'm not too young... too broke. Maybe I should rob a bank. Dalton Russell:...
In the days when money was backed by its face value in silver or gold, there were limits to how much wealth could flow around the world. Today, it's virtual money that the bank lends into existence on a computer screen. "And unless the economy contin...
After Huguette Clark died in 2011 at age 104, 19 relatives challenged her will, claiming she was mentally ill and had been defrauded by her nurse, attorney and accountant.
I was reading Plato's 'The Republic' at age 18, and I can't account fully the electricity that had for me.
Human beings should be held accountable. Leave God alone. He has enough problems.
The employee is regarded by the employer merely in the light of his value as an operative. His productive capacity alone is taken into account.
I am for an art that takes into account the direct effect of the elements as they exist from day to day apart from representation.
People will do the basest things on account of their so-called honor.
Only big words for ordinary things on account of the sound.
My philosophy is not a bean-counting, accounting 'look at this.' It is a philosophy that smaller government is better government, and government that is closer to the people is best of all.
We need to increase access to health insurance through Health Savings Accounts and high deductible policies, so individuals and families can purchase the insurance that's best for them and meets their specific needs.
We know that often holding those who have carried out mass atrocities accountable is at times our best tool to prevent future atrocities.
If you say something that undermines the stability of the country, then you have to be held accountable.
A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.
I think the NBA players have to be held accountable in a reasonable way, just like any other professionals.
There are opportunities for all of us, we just have to open our eyes and hold ourselves completely accountable
