It is difficult to live in the present, ridiculous to live in the future and impossible to live in the past. Nothing is as far away as one minute ago.

Quote by Jim Bishop

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Watching your daughter being collected by her date feels like handing over a million dollar...

Watching your daughter being collected by her date feels like handing over a million dollar...

When you read about a car crash in which two or three youngsters are killed,...

When you read about a car crash in which two or three youngsters are killed,...

Death is as casual-and often as unexpected-as birth. It is as difficult to define grief...

Death is as casual-and often as unexpected-as birth. It is as difficult to define grief...

It is difficult to live in the present, ridiculous to live in the future, and...

It is difficult to live in the present, ridiculous to live in the future, and...

Golf is played by twenty million mature American men whose wives think they are out...

Golf is played by twenty million mature American men whose wives think they are out...

A newspaper is lumber made malleable. It is ink made into words and pictures. It...

A newspaper is lumber made malleable. It is ink made into words and pictures. It...

Watching your daughter being collected by her date feels like handing over a million dollar...

Watching your daughter being collected by her date feels like handing over a million dollar...

At 19, everything is possible and tomorrow looks friendly.

At 19, everything is possible and tomorrow looks friendly.

Archaeology is the peeping Tom of the sciences. It is the sandbox of men who...

Archaeology is the peeping Tom of the sciences. It is the sandbox of men who...

A good writer is not, per se, a good book critic. No more so than...

A good writer is not, per se, a good book critic. No more so than...

A good writer is not, per se, a good book critic. No more so than...

A good writer is not, per se, a good book critic. No more so than...

I can look at [my books] with pleasure from a distance. Four feet is close...

I can look at [my books] with pleasure from a distance. Four feet is close...

Archaeology is the peeping Tom of the sciences. It is the sandbox of men who...

Archaeology is the peeping Tom of the sciences. It is the sandbox of men who...

Gimme: an agreement between two losers who can't putt.

Gimme: an agreement between two losers who can't putt.

Gimme: an agreement between two losers who can't putt.

Gimme: an agreement between two losers who can't putt.

The future is an opaque mirror. Anyone who tries to look into it sees nothing...

The future is an opaque mirror. Anyone who tries to look into it sees nothing...

It is impossible to read for pleasure from something to which you are both father...

It is impossible to read for pleasure from something to which you are both father...

My wife has been my closest friend, my closest advisor. And...she's not somebody who looks...

My wife has been my closest friend, my closest advisor. And...she's not somebody who looks...

The Family is the Country of the heart. There is an angel in the Family...

The Family is the Country of the heart. There is an angel in the Family...

There are fathers who do not love their children; there is no grandfather who does...

There are fathers who do not love their children; there is no grandfather who does...

Any man can be a father, but it takes a special person to be a...

Any man can be a father, but it takes a special person to be a...