In fact, most deaths are not tragic. Few people die because of a flaw in character, which is the essential element of tragedy. They just die.

I know of no one who would be a good High Commissioner of Palestine except God.

The function of good journalism is to take information and add value to it.

There's the Ronald Reagan cupped-ear gambit. The press is deliberately and systematically kept away from him. All you hear is a bunch of monkeys screaming at him when they could easily have been brought right up and the president could have stood and talked in a conversational tone.

Action based only on principles isnt always good even if it feels good.

The most successful people do not make up the rules as they go. They have a set of rules that they follow and they stick to them.