In the fall of 1973, Erica Jong assaulted the last surviving bastions of old-fashioned modesty with her 'Fear of Flying.'
Atheism is the last word of theism.
August, the summer's last messenger of misery, is a hollow actor.
My son was autistic, and he suffered from seizure disorder every 5 to 10 days. He would suffer a seizure that would last 45 seconds to a minute and sleep for 12 hours.
The memoirs of the Grand Duchess Olga are an entertaining record for anyone interested in the imperial family's home life during the last years of Russian autocracy.
When I started my last business, I didn't receive a paycheck for 13 months. The average person can't handle that pressure.
The Vikings were the last people to fight with axes, which must have been horrible.
We were equals once when we lay new-born babes on our nurse's knees. We will be equal again when they tie up our jaws for the last sleep.
On my bad days, sitting down and meditating was the last thing I wanted to do.
Government, in the last analysis, is organized opinion. Where there is little or no public opinion, there is likely to be bad government.
There's Kenyan guys who last year or two years ago were running for Kenya, and then they switched to Qatar and Bahrain and other countries. Yes, I do have a problem with that.
I treated it like every day was my last day with a basketball.
To bathe a cat takes brute force, perseverance, courage of conviction - and a cat. The last ingredient is usually hardest to come by.
I pointed out on the floor last year, after Hurricane Katrina, we were very proud that one of our National Guard engineering battalions was called to Louisiana. And they did a magnificent job.
The last thing I wanted to do was 'Battlestar Galactica.' I thought, 'I've done sci-fi. I did 'Blade Runner.' I don't have to do anything more.'
There is always a period when a man with a beard shaves it off. This period does not last. He returns headlong to his beard.
We owned a bearded collie for many years. Sophie. She was old, and she died last year.
Over the last 15 months, we've traveled to every corner of the United States. I've now been in 57 states? I think one left to go.
I am stronger than I was last year. I am throwing the ball better now in May of 2013 than I did in May of 2012 - significantly better. I got better throughout the season.
In the last 100 years only Presidents George H.W. Bush, Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford lost their bids for reelection. President Lyndon Johnson did not run for a second term.