"Whenever I see a photograph of some sportsman grinning over his kill, I am always impressed by the striking moral and esthetic superiority of the dead animal to the live one."

“The U.S. is the greatest, best country God has ever given man on the face of the earth.”

Source : "Does Religion Make You Nice?" by Paul Bloom, www.slate.com. November 07, 2008.

“India's great economic boom, the arrival of the Internet and outsourcing, have broken the wall between provincial India and the world.”

“I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.”

“I've got so many things coming across my desk right now that are nonfootball related, I can't stand it.”

“Not everything comes along just when you want it. There are times when choices just have to be made or you'll simply miss out.”

“Clearly, the pleasures wines afford are transitory - but so are those of the ballet, or of a musical performance. Wine is inspiring and adds greatly to the joy of living.”

“All that is good in Heaven and on Earth is made of love. Maybe that wasn’t your plan when you created the universe—maybe love was just one aspect of a complicated and brutal world. But love was the best thing you made, and it has become the only thing worth saving. This war is not just. This war is not good. Love is the only thing worth fighting for.”

“It is possible to indulge too great contempt for mere success, which is frequently attended with all the practical advantages of merit itself, and with several advantages that merit alone can never command.”

Source : William Benton Clulow (1843). “Aphorisms and Reflections: A Miscellany of Thought and Opinion”, p.154