A number of moralists condemn lotteries and refuse to see anything noble in the passion of the ordinary gambler. They judge gambling as some atheists judge religion, by its excesses. – Charles Lamb, Essays of Elia, 1832
I grew up in South Africa and I would look at maps and we were at the bottom of the world. There was this whole thing up there. I was always reading encyclopedias about the world. So travel was something I was always attracted to. – Charlize Theron
If we dont have accurate information, if we are not able to tell difficult truth one to another, we will never be able to effectively design a policy for Iraq. – Jack Reed