The atmosphere is much too near for dreams. It forces us to action. It is close to us. We are read more

The atmosphere is much too near for dreams. It forces us to action. It is close to us. We are in it and of it. It rouses us both to study and to do. We must know its moods and also its motive forces.

You make a winner when you win. I think we can have a good crack for the next two months read more

You make a winner when you win. I think we can have a good crack for the next two months and for the next 10 years, too, maybe.

It's a good financial planning tool, ... We're hoping it will help people understand what Social Security can provide, but read more

It's a good financial planning tool, ... We're hoping it will help people understand what Social Security can provide, but also encourage them to do further planning for retirement savings.

The celebrities who bought my watches did help, but they weren't just doing me a favor because they truly loved read more

The celebrities who bought my watches did help, but they weren't just doing me a favor because they truly loved the watches, ... When I design something and I love it myself, I know it's going to be big.

The limits and boundaries (of the party) should not be crossed. However, the unrest within the party will not affect read more

The limits and boundaries (of the party) should not be crossed. However, the unrest within the party will not affect the development of the state.

[The trains were never forgotten, but the extent of their influence only came to light with the arrival of the read more

[The trains were never forgotten, but the extent of their influence only came to light with the arrival of the internet and the subsequent flowering of genealogical research. This obsession with roots will be felt especially keenly by foundlings, who often have no way of exploring their family histories.] I notice that genealogical sites now have warnings on them saying people should be ready for little surprises, ... They're not all going to find themselves descended from King Henry VIII or Richard Cur de Lion or Wellington. This is rather strange because it was pretty taken for granted a few generations ago that families had all kinds of little moments where things had gone not according to the book. It was just one of those things. You tried to accommodate it. There was no social welfare. You just had to sort it out within villages, the families, the parish. Children went to the workhouse, but people knew about it. Nowadays, there's a kind of surprise that these cases were so commonplace.

We have forty-four defenses for him, but he has forty-five ways to score.

We have forty-four defenses for him, but he has forty-five ways to score.

In a free world there is, alas, more common crime than in a dictatorial system.

In a free world there is, alas, more common crime than in a dictatorial system.

We ate outside in tents. Food was prepared by a company from Redding, California, that feeds firefighters. It was good, read more

We ate outside in tents. Food was prepared by a company from Redding, California, that feeds firefighters. It was good, but, wow, 5,000 calories.