“The contemplative life is often miserable. One must act more, think le...” — Nicolas Chamfort Quote

“The contemplative life is often miserable. One must act more, think less, and not watch oneself live.”

“Most books today seemed to have been written overnight from books read the day before.”

“The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.”

“Water keepers patrol local waterways and prosecute polluters. Essentially, they act as the community's coast guard.”

“Yet we act as if simple cause and effect is at work. We push to find the one simple reason things have gone wrong. We look for the one action, or the one person, that created this mess. As soon as we find someone to blame, we act as if we've solved the problem.”

“Of all the liberal resentments during the Obama years, one of the sharpest has been the failure to secure a public insurance option as part of the Affordable Care Act.”