People don't have fortunes left them in that style nowadays; men have to work and women to marry for money. read more

People don't have fortunes left them in that style nowadays; men have to work and women to marry for money. It's a dreadfully unjust world.

If you do something and you really care and you want to convey something in a subtle way, there are read more

If you do something and you really care and you want to convey something in a subtle way, there are people out there that are going to pick up on it.

There are already Chinese software companies, operating in China; they are fast learners ... If there will be a large read more

There are already Chinese software companies, operating in China; they are fast learners ... If there will be a large software company emerging in Asia, it is likely to emerge in China first.

We have culled about 20,000 birds. Until now they are still looking.

We have culled about 20,000 birds. Until now they are still looking.

The danger is that a terrorist like Osama bin Laden who is very motivated ... gets a bomb out of read more

The danger is that a terrorist like Osama bin Laden who is very motivated ... gets a bomb out of a place like Russia. [Say] some crook steals it, he sells it to Osama bin Laden, Osama bin Laden brings it to Cleveland, or Boston, or L.A., and blows it up.

We'll probably trend a little bit lower [in the next couple of weeks]. A lot of the gains have been read more

We'll probably trend a little bit lower [in the next couple of weeks]. A lot of the gains have been on positive comments made by companies like Dell and IBM, but I think a lot of this reflects market-share shifts rather than a recovery in the overall market.

I do not want a plain box, I want a sarcophagus
With tigery stripes, and a face on it
Round read more

I do not want a plain box, I want a sarcophagus
With tigery stripes, and a face on it
Round as the moon, to stare up.
I want to be looking at them when they come
Picking among the dumb minerals, the roots.
I see them already-the pale, star-distance faces.
Now they are nothing, they are not even babies.
I imagine them without fathers or mothers, like the first gods.
They will wonder if I was important.

[There is an odd grammar in that sentence, which seems wrong, but is actually precise.] Close siblings were less common, read more

[There is an odd grammar in that sentence, which seems wrong, but is actually precise.] Close siblings were less common, ... It seemed.

He is presenting himself not as a terrorist, a bloodsucker, a man who would like to destroy the world -- read more

He is presenting himself not as a terrorist, a bloodsucker, a man who would like to destroy the world -- he also has a political agenda, he is using this terrorism for political ends.