"The art of acceptance is the art of making someone who has just done you a small favor wish that he might have done y…"

"In the dry places, men begin to dream. Where the rivers run sand, there is something in man that begins to flow. West…"

"For all practical purposes, wheat is civilization. It produces what we euphemistically call the staff of life, a staf…"

"I think that there is a huge disparity in Los Angeles, as there is in the US in general, between the wealthy and the …"

"I was told that if there weren't any power wires, I wouldn't have a body of work. I tend to use them on a regular bas…"

"The city is a place where people feel free to do and be whatever they want."

"Unfortunately, there have been, and are, in the world, very few governments in which the right of passive or unarmed …"

"The library is in a noble hall, and looks splendidly with its vista of alcoves. The most remarkable sight, however, w…"

"Of course it goes without saying that when a whale was sighted, the whalemen were in for a hard job, a harder job tha…"

"The ' shipped 15,000 brown biscuit and 5,000 white, that is, , i.e. crackers; also or half-cooked bacon, as it came f…"