A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him.
It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power.
Most of my life I've simply been a reporter covering things, and writing and talking about it.
Only a knowledgeable, empowered and vocal citizenry can perform well in democracy.
People have the illusion that all over the world, all the time, all kinds of fantastic things are happening. When in fact, over most of the world, most of the time, nothing is happening.
Self-righteous people can talk themselves into forgetting they are part of a civilization. They can then feed on that culture, bringing it down. It's happened many times in the past. It could happen to us.
The one function TV news performs very well is that when there is no news we give it to you with the same emphasis as if there were.
The worst mistake of first contact, made throughout history by individuals on both sides of every new encounter, has been the unfortunate habit of making assumptions. It often proved fatal.
Washington DC is a city filled with people who think they are important.
We already live a very long time for mammals, getting three times as many heartbeats as a mouse or elephant. It never seems enough though, does it?
We have to go forth and crush every world view that doesn't believe in tolerance and free speech.
When it comes to privacy and accountability, people always demand the former for themselves and the latter for everyone else.
Why must conversions always come so late? Why do people always apologize to corpses?
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