Samuel Smiles

Man cannot aspire if he looked down; if he rise, he must look up.

Men who are resolved to find a way for themselves will always find opportunities enough; and if they do not find them, they will make them.

He who labours not, cannot enjoy the reward of labour.

After all, we are not French and never can be, and any attempt to be so is to deny our inheritance and to try to impose upon ourselves a character that can be nothing but a veneer upon the surface.

I am convinced that the reason so many fans leave Dodger Stadium after the seventh inning is that they become bored.

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.