Remember that one who forgets the language of gratitude can never be on speaking terms with happiness.
Television has the obvious benefits of regularity and intimacy.
Christopher Hitchens was a wit, a charmer, and a troublemaker, and to those who knew him well, he was a gift from - dare I say it - God.
Arrogance, ignorance, and incompetence. Not a pretty cocktail of personality traits in the best of situations. No sirree. Not a pretty cocktail in an office-mate and not a pretty cocktail in a head of state. In fact, in a leader, it's a lethal cocktail.
We admire elephants in part because they demonstrate what we consider the finest human traits: empathy, self-awareness, and social intelligence. But the way we treat them puts on display the very worst of human behavior.
Water-boarding can result in damage to the lungs and the brain, as well as long-term psychological trauma.
As you get older and fatter, good clothes can hide a lot.
As to the Indians, the guiding principle was, promise them anything just so long as they get out of the way.
United won't fall asleep against Liverpool. They'll win it in their sleep
There are certain types of slightly hysterical human characters who, rather than creating, walk around with a sense of their own potential - it's as if they themselves were art objects. They feel as if their lives are written narratives, or pieces of music.
For some years I deserted religion in favour of Marxism. The republic of goodness seemed more attainable than the Kingdom of God.