If we continue to allow the federal government to live beyond its means, we will all soon have to live beneath ours.
However difficult it may be to bring it about, some form of world government, with agreed international law and means of enforcing the law, is inevitable.
The government, whether state or central, is elected. That means we have a responsibility to elect the right kind of leaders.
Everyone has their own definition of a healthy lifestyle, and mine has come to mean making health a priority but not an obsession.
I hope for your help to explore and protect the wild ocean in ways that will restore the health and, in so doing, secure hope for humankind. Health to the ocean means health for us.
What makes me really happy is a walk in the English countryside. A nice sunset, that British countryside - it means I'm home.
I hope to use dialogue and culture as a means of bringing people of various cultures together, and using that as a way to resolve conflict.
There are terrible jerks, and there are an unusually large concentration of them in the workplace. And that means that you do have to make some changes in your behavior, but there is absolutely no need for you to give them power over your happiness.
It would mean a lot to me to get into the Hall of Fame, to be grouped with some of the greatest players in history.
For me, insanity is super sanity. The normal is psychotic. Normal means lack of imagination, lack of creativity.
I was a fat girl growing up and had to change schools because kids were so mean.
Uncritical semantics is the myth of a museum in which the exhibits are meanings and the words are labels. To switch languages is to change the labels.
You need your mom and dad to protect you. It means they love you so much.
I mean in the South African case, many of those who were part of death squads would have been respectable members of their white community, people who went to church on Sunday, every Sunday.
What's upsetting about an autobiography is that the final chapter is always missing. I mean, you want the death, don't you?
I mean, whatever kills you kills you, and your death is authentic no matter how you die.
Death and genitals are things that frighten people, and when people are frightened, they develop means of concealment and aggression. It is common sense.
The more colorful the food, the better. I try to add color to my diet, which means vegetables and fruits.
Fuel your kids' dreams. Sometimes, that means letting them stay up past their bedtimes.
My wife is beginning to instruct me on means to retrieve dreams, and bit by bit, it does seem to be working.
It is only after years of preparation that the young artist should touch color - not color used descriptively, that is, but as a means of personal expression.
