Before venturing on so large an undertaking as is involved in the task I had set myself I consulted a number of distinguished scholars as to the desirability of such a series.

The day is past when schools could afford to give sufficient time and attention to the teaching of the ancient languages to enable the student to get that enjoyment out of classical literature that made the lives of our grandfathers so rich.

Before venturing on so large an undertaking as is involved in the task I had set myself I consulted a number of distinguished scholars as to the desirability of such a series.

I therefore set to work, and after two and a half years of not inconsiderable labour I now have the privilege and the satisfaction of accompanying the early volumes of the series with this preface.

Wherever modern translations of marked excellence were already in existence efforts were made to secure them for the Library, but in a number of instances copyright could not be obtained.

The mechanical and social achievements of our day must not blind our eyes to the fact that, in all that relates to man, his nature and aspirations, we have added little or nothing to what has been so finely said by the great men of old.

It has always seemed to me a pity that the young people of our generation should grow up with such scant knowledge of Greek and Latin literature, its wealth and variety, its freshness and its imperishable quality.

Every now and then, I have a deep thought.

We're all victims of our own hubris at times.

Every week Rangers have different former players come out at half-time. Spurs should have a couple a former players on the board, who know what the supporters want.

I want to see us add more dollars to the classroom.

Young people have this almost romantic attachment to civil rights, liberties, emancipating people from oppression, etc. The idea that such oppression exists in this country offends me, but it's able to be pushed and sold because education in this country is so woefully incompetent and inept.

But, you know, we spent two years putting our act together.

My dad went at 86. A car killed him. He was crossing the road.

Texting is a fundamentally sneaky form of communication, which we should despise, but it is such a boon we don't care. We are all sneaks now.

Ladies be seated, and let's have a wonderful time!

I gave my voice to poetry.

A good coach passes on information quickly. They do not hold back information that affects my job.

Technology is an interesting subject, people thinking: how much good, and how much bad, does it inherently carry?

I'm neurotic. I complain all the time. I'm a workaholic. And I'm never satisfied.

How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be when there's no help in truth!

We tax air passengers like cigarettes and alcohol - we impose sin taxes on travellers.

It's amazing how far you can get into a plot before you figure out what you're doing.

I wrote poems in my corner of the Brooks Street station. I sent them to two editors who rejected them right off. I read those letters of rejection years later and I agreed with those editors.

Equanimity is the hallmark of spirituality. It is neither chasing nor avoiding but just being in the middle.

I'm not smart, but I like to observe. Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why.

The NFL is a unique work place. There are no secrets anymore. Technology has taken over, and secrets are exposed. People are going to know what you're all about. You have to make sure you have real honesty in the work place, or you're going to be exposed.

I have lived in Mumbai for more than 20 years, have my domicile here, my home and family here.

A building has at least two lives - the one imagined by its maker and the life it lives afterward - and they are never the same.

If in my twenties I'd gotten one of the two-dozen roles that I did screen tests for and almost got, I think I would have become bored with the awards circuit, the whole hype machine.

My story is the story of countless millions of children whose families and nations were torn apart for money in the name of Jesus Christ.