I'm not sure sports writing is an art.
If they [animals] were really to get the equal consideration that I believe they should, we wouldn't have commercial animal production in this country.
Philosophy ought to question the basic assumptions of the age. Thinking through, critically and carefully, what most of us take for granted is, I believe, the chief task of philosophy, and the task that makes philosophy a worthwhile activity.
My view is different from this, only to the extent that if a decision is taken, by the parents and doctors, that it is better that a baby should die, I believe it should be possible to carry out that decision, not only by withholding or withdrawing life-support - which can lead to the baby dying slowly from dehydration or from an infection - but also by taking active steps to end the baby's life swiftly and humanely.
The problem is not with the athletes, but with us. No matter how blatant the drug use may be, we don't stop watching the Tour de France. Maybe we should just turn off the television and get on our own bikes.
Grain that is used to feed animals that end up on our tables as turkeys and hams could have gone to feed starving people.
Extreme poverty is not only a condition of unsatisfied material needs. It is often accompanied by a degrading state of powerlessness.
Instead of acting in court, I decided to act onstage.
I enjoyed learning the poems, but I didn't understand of what use they might possibly be. ‘They'll keep you company on the day you have no books to read,' my teacher said.
The magic happens when you find the sweet spot where your genuine interests, skills, and opportunity intersect.
Commitment is that turning point in your life when you seize the moment to alter your destiny.