A dusty thudding in his head made the scene before him beat like a pulse. His mouth had been used read more

A dusty thudding in his head made the scene before him beat like a pulse. His mouth had been used as a latrine by some small creature of the night and then as its mausoleum.

They are consumed very quickly at the first of the year, and we need to look at increasing that.

They are consumed very quickly at the first of the year, and we need to look at increasing that.

Then you yell, 'Fire! Fire! Fire in the hole!' and you're gonna hustle on out of there. In fact you've read more

Then you yell, 'Fire! Fire! Fire in the hole!' and you're gonna hustle on out of there. In fact you've got very, very little time to get out. Most coal miners, they just take and fall down on their face right there because they're gonna end up that way anyhow, and then you're gonna have to go find your hat.

I figured, if they're going to do that, ... I'd throw in a surge, too.

I figured, if they're going to do that, ... I'd throw in a surge, too.

Unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.

Unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.

No one ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of him; it is the amount and read more

No one ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of him; it is the amount and excellence of what is over and above the required, that determines the greatness of ultimate distinction

The newspaper takes so long to read. Plus, it has so much in it that no longer applies to my read more

The newspaper takes so long to read. Plus, it has so much in it that no longer applies to my life. So much trivia. I don't fault them for that ? all of it applies to some people's lives but not mine. I feel that I have better things to do.

We told him he could play and we would watch. That was the first time he broke down and said read more

We told him he could play and we would watch. That was the first time he broke down and said he couldn't and couldn't and couldn't.

Objectivity is a false god. We are human beings and we screw up or have flaws that are hidden from read more

Objectivity is a false god. We are human beings and we screw up or have flaws that are hidden from us. But fairness and balance are possible. Not stereotyping people we write about is possible. We can be skeptical without being cynical,