“Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.” Mark Twain [Samuel L. Clemens]...

“When my parents went off to Knoxville to work, I lived with my father’s mother. She was strict – the kind...

“I propose to consider the question, “Can machines think? I believe that at the end of the century...

“That a lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies, That a lie which is all a lie may be met and fought...

“Your pray in your distress and in your need; would that you might pray also in the fullness of your...

“Poverty is terror. Having your Social Security threatened is terror. Having your livelihood as an elderly...

“What the rest of us see only under the influence of mescaline, the artist is congenitally equipped...

“Gonzo journalism ... is a style of “reporting” based on William Faulkner’s idea that the best...

“I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn’t lose any voters,...

“The basis of our government being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep...

“No man is above the law and no man is below it; nor do we ask any man’s permission when we require...

Beware the politically obsessed. They are often bright and interesting, but they have something missing...

“I haven’t had an orthodox career and I've wanted more than anything to have your respect. The first...

“Say Yes to the Prom” is back for its 11th year, alongside returning retail partners Macy’s and Men’s...

“The test of an adventure is that when you’re in the middle of it, you say to yourself, ‘Oh, now I’ve...

“I have one life and one chance to make it count for something ... My faith demands that I do whatever...

“The rhythms of American popular music are more or less brittle; they should be made to snap, and at times...

“A good many young writers make the mistake of enclosing a stamped, self-addressed envelope, big enough...