Everybody agrees that we have to fix these levees. But declaring a state of emergency an hour before a political read more

Everybody agrees that we have to fix these levees. But declaring a state of emergency an hour before a political convention smacks much more of politics than it does of leadership. The governor has had many opportunities to fund and fix these levees before, and he hasn't done it.

Our defense sparks us. When we make a good defensive play, when we come in to bat, it carries over. read more

Our defense sparks us. When we make a good defensive play, when we come in to bat, it carries over. We don't strike out much. We do a good job of putting the bat on the ball.

It's an absolutely fantastic end to the mission.

It's an absolutely fantastic end to the mission.

The best cure for hypochondria is to forget about your body and get interested in someone else's

The best cure for hypochondria is to forget about your body and get interested in someone else's

When I picked up those little girls that drowned, all I could think about was my grandbabies.

When I picked up those little girls that drowned, all I could think about was my grandbabies.

A dusty thudding in his head made the scene before him beat like a pulse. His mouth had been used read more

A dusty thudding in his head made the scene before him beat like a pulse. His mouth had been used as a latrine by some small creature of the night and then as its mausoleum.

I ran there and when I got there, there were four or five boats looking in the water. I didn't read more

I ran there and when I got there, there were four or five boats looking in the water. I didn't see anybody that looked like survivors. I didn't see anybody at all.

What you make up in your heads sticks if it's good, falls out if it's bad. If we still remember read more

What you make up in your heads sticks if it's good, falls out if it's bad. If we still remember something a day after we made it up, it might be worth building on.

The fact that a player is very short of time is, to my mind, as little to be considered an read more

The fact that a player is very short of time is, to my mind, as little to be considered an excuse as, for instance, the statement of the law-breaker that he was drunk at the time he committed the crime.