I think we have a need to know what we do not need to know.

When articulation is impossible, gesticulation comes to the rescue.

George Washington had a tough second term.

The perfect Christmas gift for a sportscaster, as all fans of sports clichés know, is a scoreless tie.

This is what it's all about. From what I could see, you could get a bunch of people together, whip up the press and have some impact.

It is in the nature of tyranny to deride the will of the people as the voice of the mob, and to denounce the cry for freedom as the roar of anarchy.

Give your main clause a little space. Prose is not like boxing; the skilled writer deliberately telegraphs his punch, knowing that the reader wants to take the message directly on the chin.