Hanael, the Angel of December, will help us enjoy the balance of giving and receiving in many different ways: working and relaxing,… — Margaret Neylon Copy Share Image
There was a process in place at that time - the Downing Street Declaration of December 1993 - which set out the… — David Trimble Copy Share Image
When a woman's face is wrinkled And her hairs are sprinkled, With gray, Lackaday! Aside she's cast, No one respect will pay;… — Ann Rinaldi Copy Share Image
Schiller writes in a letter [to Goethe, 17 December 1795] of a 'poetic mood'. I think I know what he means, I… — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
In fiction, I have been on a Zweig kick. In England over December, I noticed that many British newspapers' year-end recommenders were… — Sylvia Brownrigg Copy Share Image
Ordered that of the Indians and Half-breeds sentenced to be hanged by the military commission, composed of Colonel Crooks, Lt. Colonel Marshall,… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
For more than a decade, I led an organization that put on an elaborate Christmas program each December. It was a big… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
As I and the rest of my Pittsburgh Steelers teammates prepared that week in late December 1974, we knew one thing: The… — Joe Greene Copy Share Image
“The tides here are too rough. I sink here, happy only when I hoard my little blue sleeping pills, stash the blades… — Stephanie Hemphill Copy Share Image
The Lord IS my shepherd. Not was, not may be, nor will be. . . is my shepherd on Sunday, is on… — Hudson Taylor Copy Share Image
But in 1941, on December 8th, after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, my mother bought a radio and we listened to the… — Sam Donaldson Copy Share Image
“As I prepared for Christmas one year, a thought came to me: “Why a baby?” It rolled around and around for days.… — Larada Horner-Miller Copy Share Image
At the end of October I started doing a bit more swimming and learning how to swim properly, because I hadn't really… — Greg James Copy Share Image
Oh to be free of myself, With nothing left to remember, To have my heart as bare As a tree in December;… — Sara Teasdale Copy Share Image
The chilly December day! two shivering bicycle mechanics from Dayton, Ohio first felt their homemade contraption whittled out of hickory sticks, gummed… — John Dos Passos Copy Share Image
Senseless is the breast and cold Which relenting love would fold; Bloodless are the veins and chill Which the pulse of pain… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
...But he was a good landlord. When my heater stopped working in mid-December, it took him only two weeks to get it… — Darynda Jones Copy Share Image
An ash-gray dog with a white blaze on its forehead burst onto the rough terrain of the market on the first Sunday… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez Copy Share Image
I buy most of my plants from nurseries outside London these days, but there is a man who mysteriously appears each February… — Diana Quick Copy Share Image
I was born on the eighteenth of December, 1935, in the town Bourg-en-Bresse, about thirty miles northeast of Lyon, the second of… — Jacques Pepin Copy Share Image
The Caucus I joined in 1953 had as many Boer War veterans as men who had seen active service in World War… — Gough Whitlam Copy Share Image
While Newt Gingrich was running for president four years ago a controversy bubbled up regarding his campaign finances. You see, in December… — Chris Hayes Copy Share Image
January cold and desolate; February dripping wet; March wind ranges; April changes; Birds sing in tune To flowers of May, And sunny… — Christina Rossetti Copy Share Image
When Alex left for Alaska," Franz remembers, "I prayed. I asked God to keep his finger on the shoulder of that one;… — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
Since, O sweet Lord Jesus, Thou art the present portion of Thy people, favour us this year with such a sense of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“He had waited a long time for this special December. Now that it was almost upon him, he wasn’t frightened, but he… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
Now the seasons are closing their files on each of us, the heavy drawers full of certificates rolling back into the tree… — Ted Kooser Copy Share Image
Anthropologists visit the temple sites and read the inscriptions and make up stories about the Maya, but they do not read the… — Carlos Barrios Copy Share Image
“...when I was a kid, Toronto streets were deserted and quiet on Sundays, except for the sound of church bells I stood… — John Geddes Copy Share Image
Describing life out of the public eye to David Letterman, December 6th, 1996 It's been different. I started driving again. I started… — Barbara Bush Copy Share Image
Did the walls of the barn start to tremble With a glory they could not contain? Did anyone wake with the feeling… — Joy Williams Copy Share Image
December finds himself again a child Even as he undergoes his age. Cold and early darkness now descends, Embracing sanctuaries of delight.… — Nick Gordon Copy Share Image
I had Cooper in December and was back on the red carpet in January. I picked him up and took him to… — Melissa Rivers Copy Share Image
To the American People: Christmas is not a time or a season but a state of mind. To cherish peace and good… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
My parents subscribed to both Time and Newsweek and in 1978, I remember the covers of both that December were of the… — Julia Scheeres Copy Share Image
Well apparently nothing as of December 13, 1978. There was 20 trained police officers came to the house, with a warrant..searched the… — John Wayne Gacy Copy Share Image
In December 1998, I considered myself an expert on love. I was almost a year into a relationship, one that had grown… — Jane Smiley Copy Share Image
Yesterday, December 7, 1941 a date which will live in infamy the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“Christmastime was always my favorite time of year. It did something to me. It made me softer. More kindhearted. Not an affliction… — Serena Valentino Copy Share Image
I want to apologize for plaguing you with so many telephone calls last November and December. When the 'enthusiasm' is coming on… — Robert Lowell Copy Share Image