Rebecca Solnit

Given a choice between their worldview and the facts, it's always interesting how many people toss the facts.

Revolution is as unpredictable as an earthquake and as beautiful as spring. Its coming is always a surprise, but its nature should not be.

Sometimes it seems that the fate of the world is decided entirely in the ether of electronic communications and corporate backroom deals.

When I do an operation, it's half a dozen people. When it goes beautifully, it's like a symphony, with everybody playing their part.

We do foreign assistance for altruistic reasons, certainly for humanitarian reasons, of course. But the main reason we do foreign assistance is we do it in the American national interest.

God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling.