Honore de Balzac

Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

If we could but paint with the hand what we see with the eye.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

I'm a huge Dallas Mavs fan. What I love about Dirk Nowitzki is he has just as much talent as everyone else, if not more, and he never toots his own horn. He's this silent warrior.

We should remember that there are nations which meet more than 30 to 60% of their power requirements through the nuclear power system.