Custom governs the world; it is the tyrant of our feelings and our manners and rules the world with the hand of a despot.

He (God) doesn't need me, but He desires me.

Youth is when you're allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve. Middle age is when you're forced to.

American culture has always known success, not suffering, so we've never known what to do with this part of the Bible. The more we succeed, the more we're seduced into thinking we can control everything. We dissect Revelation to get a sense of control over the future.

The effect of boredom on a large scale in history is underestimated. It is a main cause of revolutions.

In today's retail environment, competition comes from every conceivable retail format. To succeed, we have to operate more efficiently and compete more effectively against players at all levels of the retail demographic. There is no question that this is a bold and exciting move, and one I believe will have a positive impact on competitive retailing for American consumers in the longer term.

Of all the agonies in life, that which is most poignant and harrowing--that which for the time annihilates reason, and leaves our whole organization one lacerated, mangled heart--is the conviction that we have been deceived where we placed all the trust of love.