While tributes to Americans who had lost their lives in battle had been held in a number of towns across the nation one of the more well-known stories about the beginnings of Memorial Day is the story about General John Logan.

To me as long as we've known each other I've always thought Mick's most brilliant thing was that he could work in an area two foot square and give a very exciting performance.

It is possible to demonstrate God's existence although not a priori yet a posteriori from some work of His more surely known to us.

I try to be known more for my work than for anything else.

What people don't understand about Sarah Palin is that she is a rancher's wife. From Alberta down to Texas I've known women like that: good common sense bright and vilified by city people.

All women in Hollywood are known as sex symbols.

India is known for its sobriety and wisdom balanced and sensible thinking. We need strong institutions and we need good governance in the country.

World War II has always been of great interest to me. I've known for decades that it was just one more war the politicians suckered us into.

It is well known that in war the first casualty is truth - that during any war truth is forsaken for propaganda.

I remember the 1940s as a time when we were united in a way known only to that generation. We belonged to a common cause-the war.