Weight loss programs and health clubs have an ethical and legal obligation to adequately disclose details about program costs before customers sign a contract. They should also clearly explain how the program works and what is expected so that consumers can make an informed choice whether to join.

Much of the rest of the world has already learned some English. They pretty much understand the American way of doing things, because our culture has been ubiquitous and has been the 500-pound gorilla in the global economy. But the world is far more interrelated than ever before, and no one culture can thrive without the knowledge of how to function in other cultures.

The wonderful world of home appliances now makes it possible to cook indoors with charcoal and outdoors with gas.

If you overpower your enemy, then pardon him by way of thankfulness to Allah, for being able to subdue him.

Above all, we must abolish hope in the heart of man. A calm despair, without angry convulsions, without reproaches to Heaven, is the essence of wisdom.

The politicians of New York...see nothing wrong in the rule, that to the victor belong the spoils of the enemy

It is possible that our race may be an accident, in a meaningless universe, living its brief life uncared for, on this dark, cooling star