Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist.
A conference is a gathering of important people who singly can do nothing, but together can decide that nothing can be done.
After all it is those who have a deep and real inner life who are best able to deal with the irritating details of outer life.
Greatness is more than potential. It is the execution of that potential. Beyond the raw talent. You need the appropriate training. You need the discipline. You need the inspiration. You need the drive.
I was pushed roughly but dispassionately onto my stomach and something went twice around my wrists and then tightened up as well, feeling like baling wire and biting cruelly.
This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer.
It's takin' whatever comes your way, the good AND the bad, that give life flavor. It's all the stuff rolled together that makes life worth livin'.