When Jordan was a baby he sat on top of me much as a fly rests on a hill of dung. And I nourished him as a hill of dung nourishes a fly, and when he had eaten his fill he left me. Jordan... I should have named him after a stagnant pond and then I cou...
It's a strange feeling. Everywhere I go, I'm the first. Step outside the rover? First guy ever to be there! Climb a hill? First guy to climb that hill! Kick a rock? That rock hadn't moved in a million years! I'm the first guy to drive long-distance o...
How does one hate a country, or love one?... I know people, I know towns, farms, hills and rivers and rocks, I know how the sun at sunset in autumn falls on the side of a certain plowland in the hills; but what is the sense of giving a boundary to al...
Up the still, glistening beaches, Up the creeks we will hie, Over banks of bright seaweed The ebb-tide leaves dry. We will gaze, from the sand-hills, At the white, sleeping town; At the church on the hill-side— And then come back down. Singing: "Th...
I used to think that life was hills and valleys-you go through a dark time, then to the mountaintop, back and forth. I don't believe that anymore. Rather than life being hills and valleys, I believe it is it's kind of like two rails on a railroad tra...
Change--savor the cool, fresh flavor of it.
Une cour des miracles dans un labyrinthe de luxe.
Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.
I've learned that the best political reporters never make predictions!
I try my best to be extremely disciplined about my diet.
Torture numbers, and they'll confess to anything.
Advice to persons about to marry - don't.
I don't know the right number of immigrants to let in.
Furniture is meant to be used and enjoyed.
There's always the risk that there are unknown unknowns.
Advertisers are very wary of ideological media.
Self-professed conservatives comprise about 40% to 45% of the electorate.
9/11 was a terrible, horrific, tragic day.
I don't look for good-news stories or bad-news stories.
Under Islamic law, adoption is difficult.
I admit that: my wife is outspoken, but by whom?