read thousands of books and I will power myself with knowledge. Pens and books are the weapons that defeat terrorism.
Italians come to ruin most generally in three ways, women, gambling, and farming. My family chose the slowest one.
Reviewing a government budget is much like going through the attic in an old home.
It's a nice neighborhood, like the one I left. My home borough is Brooklyn and Queens.
Maybe I should just go home and ride my tractor.
Our party is a diverse one, as is my home state of Illinois.
Students graduating with high debt encounter difficulties in qualifying for home and automobile loans.
Guns go home with the soldiers, but landmines are designed to kill - mindlessly, out of control, for years.
So, a lot of my supporters back home are members of the Tea Party.
I hope that increasing numbers of Christians adopt the practice of wearing a cross in a simple and discreet way as a symbol of their beliefs.
My mother was a not-too-devoted atheist. She went to Episcopal church on Christmas Eve every year, and that was mostly it.
When I was a child, I was living in the housing projects of Philadelphia. I didn't even have a Christmas tree.
Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.
You have to remind kids to stay connected to the meaning of Christmas. Sometimes it takes a little bit of effort, but it's so worth it.
I've taught fifth-year Christmas leavers last thing on a Friday afternoon. Basically, if you can face that you can face anything.
Now, the essence, the very spirit of Christmas is that we first make believe a thing is so, and lo, it presently turns out to be so.
'Make your plate look like a Christmas tree,' I tell people, 'mostly green with splashes of other bright colors.'
I owe a great deal to Harold Hobson, doyen drama critic of the 'U.K. Sunday Times,' who championed me as Shakespeare's Richard II at the 1969 Edinburgh Festival.
One of the great things about young people is that they do question, that they do care deeply about justice, and they they have open minds.
I think that 'Hangover II' is as funny as 'The Hangover I,' honest to God, but I think that it's a little bit darker, and the stakes are a little bit higher.
People generally pay attention to what they already know about and what they care about.
