I had some vague memory of visiting Canberra as a lad, when we came up with my father by car. But when I made the long train journey from Sydney to Canberra and arrived at the little stop, I did wonder slightly whether this really was the national capital. John Henry Carver Read Quote
Forever Amber,’ written by Kathleen Winsor in 1944, was banned in Boston at the time of its publication as obscene and offensive. This alone would have been enough to excite my interest, but in 1956, it was sitting inoffensively on the shelves of the small country library on the north shore of Oahu, Hawaii, where my family spent its summers. Susanna Moore Read Quote
Liberals are wrong to think that opposition to health reform is a rejection of big government. If health reform consisted of extending Medicare to everyone, people would be delighted. There are millions of 64-year-olds out there who can hardly wait to be 65. Marcia Angell Read Quote
It’s good not only to realize that you can’t please all of the people all of the time, but that you don’t want to. There’s a certain type of reader that you don’t ever want to write for. Dennis Lehane Read Quote
I can jog, but I can’t run. That’s hard for me. I like the fact that I can jog for fitness, but to me there’s a huge difference between jogging and running. Mary Decker Read Quote
A couple of my favorite podcasts are ‘Still Processing’ from ‘The New York Times,’ Oprah’s ‘Super Soul Conversations,’ RuPaul’s ‘What’s the Tee?’ Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman Read Quote
Subsidies are hugely important; they represent America’s de facto energy policy. Jeff Goodell Read Quote
It is injurious to the mind as well as to the body to be always in one place and always surrounded by the same circumstances. Richard Jefferies Read Quote
People are looking for software development that actually does something useful… People are looking for partners who deliver when promised, and at a reasonable and transparent price. I believe that the days of being able to value price software are numbered. Kent Beck Read Quote
