Remembrance of death saves one from this world's deceit.

Remembrance of death saves one from this world's deceit.

In an odd way, all the appliances that the advertisers put out there, and said, `Buy this brand-new stove!', `Buy read more

In an odd way, all the appliances that the advertisers put out there, and said, `Buy this brand-new stove!', `Buy the fridge!' `Make Jell-O!', all that horrible nutrition that came up because of instant pudding, Jell-O, fish sticks, TV dinners, all of that that I had before dismissed as the death of our culture -- I realized that housewives wanted these things, because they wanted time back, ... A washing machine gave them time to do something else. It gave them time to read a book. ... A woman didn't want to cook all day. These things that were sold to Americans were actually a gift, in a very strange way. I really enjoyed having to blow that notion out of my head.

It would not lessen the shock and concern, but it would be something concrete in addition to the apologies.

It would not lessen the shock and concern, but it would be something concrete in addition to the apologies.

[Benigno Aguirre, of the Disaster Research Center at the University of Delaware, has been watching and reading about looters in read more

[Benigno Aguirre, of the Disaster Research Center at the University of Delaware, has been watching and reading about looters in Louisiana.] It may look from the outside as if they are stealing or breaking the law, ... when in fact some of them are trying to survive.

It was a complete stretch to get it to do that, which saved the mission.

It was a complete stretch to get it to do that, which saved the mission.

Who knows whether they felt bad or they just wanted to get rid of it, because somebody, somewhere would have read more

Who knows whether they felt bad or they just wanted to get rid of it, because somebody, somewhere would have information as to who took it and where it's been.

It is to be remarked that a good many people are born curiously unfitted for the fate waiting them on read more

It is to be remarked that a good many people are born curiously unfitted for the fate waiting them on this earth. - Chance.

Every scientific truth goes through three states: first, people say it conflicts with the Bible; next, they say it has read more

Every scientific truth goes through three states: first, people say it conflicts with the Bible; next, they say it has been discovered before lastly, they say they always believed it.

With Africa, we're talking about a nation battling through immense poverty and he can't quite get it together to sing read more

With Africa, we're talking about a nation battling through immense poverty and he can't quite get it together to sing a song. On that day he just seemed like an odd image