Someday we'll learn the whole story of why George W. Bush brushed off that intelligence briefing of Aug. 6, 2001, 'Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S.' But surely a big distraction was the major speech he was readying for delivery on Aug. 9, his first prime-time address to the nation.

For me the greatest beauty always lies in the greatest clarity.

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

The end of a melody is not its goal: but nonetheless, had the melody not reached its end it would not have reached its goal either. A parable.

Friedrich Nietzsche

The truth of a theory is in your mind, not in your eyes.

Albert Einstein

I was brought up as an only child, and we were very close. But when I was 14, we got evicted. We came home to a padlock, and I looked up at my mom and she was crying, and there was nothing to do.

Dwayne Johnson

The highest result of education is tolerance.

Helen Keller

One way to break up any kind of tension is good deep breathing.

Byron Nelson

They basically said that if I didn't show up for school they'd mark me present, they wouldn't send the truant officer after me. At 16 I enrolled in something called continuing education. Once a month I'd go out to Jamaica, but I didn't take it seriously.

Dave Van Ronk

I don't try to describe the future. I try to prevent it.

Ray Bradbury

So much of my aesthetic was formed by my dad.

Ron Perlman

I frankly don't think it's going to be a successful war on terrorism until law enforcement agencies like the FBI are willing to share with other law enforcement agencies. If they can't share information, there's no way this war can be won.

Patty Hearst

To achieve, you need thought. You have to know what you are doing and that's real power.

Ayn Rand

I grew up loving Walter Payton. My dad used to always show us film of him.

Shaun Alexander