Sarah: That's not fair! Jareth: You say that so often, I wonder what your basis for comparison is?

It took 200 years for the Crusaders to create [this] Muslim fanaticism. It was the exact imitation of Christian intolerance.

Saying We will destroy terrorism is about as meaningful as saying: We shall annihilate mockery.

What really alarms me about President Bush's 'War on Terrorism' is the grammar. How do you wage war on an abstract noun? How is 'Terrorism' going to surrender? It's well known, in philological circles, that it's very hard for abstract nouns to surrender.

Some people are passionate about aisles, others about window seats.

Short or long to Goblin City? The straight way's short But the long way's pretty.

The Romans did not see [the tale of Romulus, Remus and the she-wolf] as a charming story; they meant to show that they had imbibed wolfish appetites and ferocity with their mother's milk.