There has not yet been a major ground offensive battle... There are, we know, negotiations going on between the opposition forces and the Taliban leadership for surrender.

No greater thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.

Epictetus

Glamour cannot exist without personal social envy being a common and widespread emotion.

John Berger

We never say so much as when we do not quite know what we want to say. We need few words when we have something to say, but all the words in all the dictionaries will not suffice when we have nothing to say and want desperately to say it.

Eric Hoffer

Look wise say nothing and grunt, speech was given to conceal thought.

William Osler

Trust funds can never be a substitute for a fund of trust.

Edwin Louis Cole

I'm sick of playing romantic leads.

John Corbett

Many people are in a rut and a rut is nothing but a grave--with both ends kicked out.

Vance Havner

A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.

Washington Irving

When I have a chance to go back to my village, I always remind myself where I came from.

Mohamed Salah

I believe women are too hard on themselves. I believe that when you love someone, she becomes beautiful to you. I believe the eyes see everything through the heart. Nothing in the world feels as good as resting them on someone you love.

Katherine Center

In most of the world, it is accepted that if animals are to be killed for food, they should be killed without suffering.

Peter Singer

Be bold! That's one way Of getting through life. So I turn upon her And point out that, Faced with the wickedness Of things, she does not shiver.

Archilochus