The West Wing seems to be feeding the myth about how presidential politics are.
No matter what has happened, you too have the power to enjoy yourself.
And the terror itself is an example of the world's uncontrollability.
The Six W’s: Work will win when wishing won’t
So, I get a kick out of working with the media.
Nobody makes me laugh like my wife.
I wanted passionately to be a priest.
Swim upstream. Go the other way. Ignore the conventional wisdom.
When a man devotes himself body and spirit to a single object, if he has training and aptitude, no matter how mediocre he may be in ordinary affairs, he will produce something so nearly akin to a work of genius as to deceive half the judges who think...
They were both young men under thirty. Art is not so precocious as literature, and does not send quite so many early potatoes into the market, so that the age of thirty is considered young enough for a painter to have learnt his business sufficiently...
Through silent alleys where dark shadows fleeted past them like forest beasts on the prowl; through bustling market-places where bloaters predominated, into crammed gin-palaces where the gas flashed over faces whereon was stamped the indelible impres...
It was a bad night to be about with such a feeling in one's heart. The rain was cold, pitiless and increasing. A damp, keen wind blew down the cross streets leading from the river. The fumes of the gas works seemed to fall with the rain. The roadway ...
Emile: W-w-wait. You... read? Remy: Well, not... excessively. Emile: Oh, man. Does dad know? Remy: You could fill a book - a lot of books - with things Dad doesn't know. And they have. Which is why I read. Which is also our secret. Emile: I don't lik...
Little Bill Daggett: [to W. W. Beauchamp, referring to the passage in Beauchamp's book where English Bob claims to have killed "Two Gun" Corcoran because Corcoran insulted a lady's honor] Yeah, well, a lotta folks did call him "Two Gun," but that was...
Yes, we're still five little people with a noisy attitude.
Eagles come in all shapes and sizes, but you will recognize them chiefly by their attitudes.
I've found that if you're not responsive to e-mail, it trains people to leave you alone.
...(W)here there's drama, there's crap.
The worst times can be the best if you think with positive energy.
If you want to meet a woman, it's best just to smile and say hi.
It hurts when you have to smile and you don't want to smile, but the best thing to do is to smile.
