Old-fashioned poetry, but choicely good.
So let's give another big tax cut to the super-rich. That'll teach bin Laden a lesson he won't soon forget.
For some reason, the most vocal Christians among us never mention the Beatitudes (Matthew 5). But, often with tears in their eyes, they demand that the Ten Commandments be posted in public buildings. And of course, that's Moses, not Jesus. I haven't heard one of them demand that the Sermon on the Mount, the Beatitudes, be posted anywhere. "Blessed are the merciful" in a courtroom? "Blessed are the peacemakers" in the Pentagon? Give me a break!
Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before.
It's a terrible waste to be happy and not notice it.
True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.
The secret to success in any human endeavor is total concentration.
Philosophers make imaginary laws for imaginary commonwealths, and their discourses are as the stars, which give little light because they are so high.
Proclaim the truth and do not be silent through fear.
I deserve all the love you can spare me. And I want a lot more than I deserve.
Paul McCartney and John Lennon would often write a song a day, so I have the same workmanlike philosophy.