A man must choose his own way of life$$$ and it is only by following out one's own bent that there can be the really harmonious life.

Words are such uncertain things$$$ they so often sound well but mean the opposite of what one thinks they do.

The era of procrastination$$$ of half-measures$$$ of soothing and baffling expedients$$$ of delays is coming to its close. In its place we are entering a period of consequences.

Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have.

Dogs are wise. They crawl away into a quiet corner and lick their wounds and do not rejoin the world until they are whole once more.

This Sarah Palin phenomenon is very curious. I think somebody watching us from Mars -- they would think the country has gone insane.

I'd lost something I never knew I'd had.

Science is a bit like the joke about the drunk who is looking under a lamppost for a key that he has lost on the other side of the street$$$ because that's where the light is. It has no other choice.

I was never aware of any other option but to question everything.

Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.