“Grief is the agony of an instant; the indulgence of grief the blunder ...” — Benjamin Disraeli Quote

“Grief is the agony of an instant; the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.”

“Nature, like man, sometimes weeps from gladness.”

“We moralize among ruins.”

“Your goal is to win a medal at the Olympics. The players who go into their second Olympics like me, know the agony of missing out on a medal.”

“This familiarity with a respected physician and my appreciation of his work, or the tragedy I experienced with the long, tormented agony and death of my mother might have influenced me in wanting to study medicine. It was not the case.”

“Does each of us need to suffer agony to understand how brutal our gridiron entertainment is? Surely, seeing is believing enough. So, what is football doing to us as a people? How do we explain an America that alone in the world so loves this savage sport?”