Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses.
Elizabeth Peyton, the artist known for tiny, dazzling portraits of radiant youth, is now painting tiny, dazzling portraits of radiant middle age.
The idea of determinism combined with complete human responsibility struck me as very hard to reconcile with an idea of justice, let alone mercy.
In nine months, a group of children left alone with a computer - in any language - would reach the same standard as an office secretary in the West.
A good government may, indeed, redress the grievances of an injured people; but a strong people can alone build up a great nation.
The strange anthropological lesson of social media is that human beings, if given a choice, often prefer to socialize alone.
I'm somebody who likes codes and ciphers and chases and artwork and architecture, and all the things you find in a Robert Langdon thriller.
Environmental concern is now firmly embedded in public life: in education, medicine and law; in journalism, literature and art.
My way of joking is to tell the truth. It's the funniest joke in the world.
Everybody is a stranger, but that's the danger in going my own way.
I like it that order exists somewhere even if it shatters near me.
The best football players in the world still earn very little money compared to people who really earn money.
The best thing about the Congress is that it is the last place where you can have face-to-face interviews and interaction with the newsmakers themselves.
Remember, God provides the best camouflage several hours out of every 24.
As a governor and senator, John Chafee set the standard for honesty and decency that the rest of us on our best days could only dream to emulate.
I think around the world, our agents are the best collectors of information you'll find.
Hello from above our magnificent planet Earth.
I really didn't mean to hurt anybody. I liked John Lennon.
I never could be a partisan leader - a man of one idea.
It's always written that my father was a rich, conservative John Bircher. That is untrue. He was not rich. He was not a John Bircher.
There is nothing in this game of golf that can't be improved upon if you practice.
