Give me safety, or give me death.
My father was in the coal business in West Virginia. Both dad and mother were, however, originally from Massachusetts; New England, to them, meant the place to go if you really wanted an education.
Exeter was, I suspect, more crucial in my life than in the lives of most members of my class, and conceivably, than in the lives of almost anyone else who ever attended the school.
The best teaching I ever experienced was at Exeter. Yale was a distinct letdown afterward.
Sarcasm is the protest of the weak.
As I walked briskly out the road the wind knifed at my face, but this sun caressed the back of my neck.
There are simply more young people than there ever were. You get this feeling of strength. Also, large numbers can be a drawback, making it difficult to lose one's anonymity.
Hey, boss. Where are you?” she asked. “I just picked up something to eat. What about professional belly dancers?” “Um, I don’t know, maybe with horseradish.
Everybody has heard that family dinner is great for kids. But unfortunately, it doesn't work in many of our lives.
Somewhere between the bottom of the climb and the summit is the answer to the mystery why we climb.
You have to go the rounds from individual to individual in order to gather the totality of the race.