Pliny the Elder

Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man.

An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.

Such is the audacity of man, that he hath learned to counterfeit Nature, yea, and is so bold as to challenge her in her work.

A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs.

It is good to be in front of the lens to appreciate more being behind the lens.

I generally don't follow domestic news that much aside from how it relates to the stories I'm covering abroad, like what Americans think of the War in Afghanistan.