I don't know why I wanted a girl,' he says, as if to himself. 'I mean, I wouldn't swap Louis, but when they said, 'It's a boy!', I thought: 'Oh, well.' Everyone else was incredibly pleased that it was a boy – grandparents are always very pleased wh...
...by the time we understand the pattern we are in, the definition we are making for ourselves, it's too late to break out of the box. We can only live in terms of the definition, like the prisoner in the cage in which he cannot lie or stand or sit, ...
After a great blow, or crisis, after the first shock and then after the nerves have stopped screaming and twitching, you settle down to the new condition of things and feel that all possibility of change has been used up. You adjust yourself, and are...
For it would be only for a time. Until what he knew and thought became no longer relevant or necessary and was forgotten. But that was the same with all of us. We were only what we were for a time, at that time. Then our own silver began to mix with ...
When these suckers had formed roots in the open ground, or kind of nursery where they were planted, they were looked over and the best taken up for potting.
My 6 years with Murdoch were pivotal for my entire research career.
I hope I've lived a life of science whose style will encourage younger people.
Luther was guilty of two great crimes - he struck the Pope in his crown, and the monks in their belly.
When does life begin? When does the soul enter? That's a religious question. Science is not going to be able to help with that.
The voluntary approach to corporate social responsibility has failed in many cases.
Feeding our energy appetite is top of mind for many people these days.
Luther Perkins: That boy Elvis sure talks a lot of poon.
We can't blame children for occupying themselves with Facebook rather than playing in the mud. Our society doesn't put a priority on connecting with nature. In fact, too often we tell them it's dirty and dangerous.
It proved easier to buy the farm to get the mineral rights than to buy the coal rights alone.
You don't need to spend a lot of money on stuff when you have amazing architecture.
Some of the best advice I've gotten was from William Hurt and Harry Connick Jr. I've really learned a lot from both of them.
Fighters find it hard to give up doing what they do best - fighting for a living.
Put your name on something, it better be the best... you only get one shot.
If I had the medical clearance to fight, I would want to fight the best. The best would be Mayweather.
You may have even an ex-wife or an ex-husband, but you can never have ex-children.
The Internal Revenue Service is the real undefeated heavyweight champion.
