If it hadn't been for the Cold War, neither Russia nor America would have been sending people into space.
War is America's central liturgical act necessary to renew our sense that we are a nation unlike other nations.
When I was twelve I was obsessed. Everything was sex. Latin was sex. The dictionary fell open at 'meretrix', a harlot. You could feel the mystery coming off the word like musk. 'Meretrix'! This was none of your mensa-a-table, this was a flash from a ...
For Mercier, it was the ceremony of the mass that eased his soul: the sweetish smoke trailing from the censer, the ringing of the bell, the Latin incantations of the priest. In Warsaw, he attended early mass, at a small church near the apartment, onc...
I started studying law, but this I could stand just for one semester. I couldn't stand more. Then I studied languages and literature for two years. After two years I passed an examination with the result I have a teaching certificate for Latin and Hu...
Mr. Fox: [Mr. Fox on a motorcycle speaking to a wolf off on a distant ridge] Where did you come from? Mr. Fox: What are you doing here? Mr. Fox: I don't think he speaks English or Latin Mr. Fox: Pensez-vous que l'hiver sera rude? Mr. Fox: [as an asid...
LaBoeuf: As I understand it, Chaney... or Chelmsford, as he called himshelf in Texas... shot the senator's dog. When the senator remonstrated, Chelmsford shot him as well. You could argue that the shooting of the dog was merely an instance of malum p...
The word “religion” has been hi-jacked and debased by the priests of faiths like these, until now it has become a dirty word amongst intelligent, right-thinking people in the Western world. The word “religion” springs from roots meaning piety...
...in Aristotle...leisure is a far more noble, spiritual goal than work...leisure is pursued solely for its own sake...: the pleasures of music and poetry, ... conversation with friends, and ...gratuitous, playful speculation. In Latin, the ultimate ...
Society is endangered not by the great profligacy of a few, but by the laxity of morals amongst all.
Be thankful you're an American as we treat foreigners a lot worse.
...robots pencil prescriptions for acid gas sunsets
Mr. Churchill is proud of Britain's stand alone, after France had fallen and before America entered the War.
The amazing fact is that America is founded on a document. It's a work in progress. It can be tested by each generation.
Ours is a country where anything can be accomplished if enough people get angry... because, in America, we act on our collective anger.
I just get the feeling that if Jesse Helms was in charge of art in America, you'd go into a museum and see nothing but prints of dogs playing cards.
American art, like America, must wait and live a while longer.
The universe, it seemed, was full to brimming with lonesome places.
Seasickness in itself is not contagious, but I’m pretty sure that puking is extremely contagious.
America is not another word for Opportunity to all her sons.
In America, your ancestors don't matter so much. You're just .
