Taking things from one source is plagiarism; taking things from several sources is research.

The enthusiasm geologists show for adding new words to their conversation is, if anything, exceeded by their affection for the old. They are not about to drop 'granite.' They say 'granodiorite' when they are in church and 'granite' the rest of the week.

The doctor listens in with a stethoscope and hears sounds of a warpath Indian drum.

I can't stand a sentence until it sounds right.

If by some fiat I had to restrict all this writing to one sentence, this is the one I would choose: The summit of Mt. Everest is marine limestone.

Almost all Americans would recognize Anchorage, because Anchorage is that part of any city where the city has burst its seams and extruded Colonel Sanders.

He (Dave Brower) is an emotionalist in an age of dangerous reason.