This is very true: For my words are my own, and my actions are my ministers.

This is very true: For my words are my own, and my actions are my ministers.

I mean simply to say that I want my characters to suggest the background in themselves, even when it is read more

I mean simply to say that I want my characters to suggest the background in themselves, even when it is not visible. I want them to be so powerfully realized that we cannot imagine them apart from their physical and social context even when we see them in empty space.

While global economic growth rates have slowed from the exceptionally high levels of 2004, the emerging economies remain buoyant, offsetting read more

While global economic growth rates have slowed from the exceptionally high levels of 2004, the emerging economies remain buoyant, offsetting slowing industrial production growth in the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) nations.

When I look through hundreds of online (applications) each year, summer camp counselors are almost always a hit because they read more

When I look through hundreds of online (applications) each year, summer camp counselors are almost always a hit because they know what they're getting into. They choose to work with kids again, so they generally like it and relate well with them and the kids really pick up on that.

The world is divided into men who have wit and no religion and men who have religion and no wit.

The world is divided into men who have wit and no religion and men who have religion and no wit.

A democracy is a volcano which conceals the fiery materials of its own destruction. These will produce an eruption and read more

A democracy is a volcano which conceals the fiery materials of its own destruction. These will produce an eruption and carry desolation in their way.

He made tons of big pitches. It is hard to believe that a guy making his first start would be read more

He made tons of big pitches. It is hard to believe that a guy making his first start would be so sharp. You do not find a guy throwing eight innings on his first start.

Fully 93 percent of the tax relief in our bill goes to taxpayers with annual incomes under $100,000, 76 percent read more

Fully 93 percent of the tax relief in our bill goes to taxpayers with annual incomes under $100,000, 76 percent goes to taxpayers with incomes under $75,000, ... If ever there was a tax plan for America's forgotten middle class, this is it.

It's just a great place to be a part of. I think (outsiders) are going to like it and they'll read more

It's just a great place to be a part of. I think (outsiders) are going to like it and they'll want it in their town.