Bob Greene

“...the reward centers of the brain--where the pleasure of those high-calorie foods registers--also respond to other substances that bring about pleasure....But those reward centers also respond to other gratifying things, like watching a sunset or experiencing a loving touch...So while you may not be able to change the wiring in your brain, you can "feed" those reward centers other pleasures...Biology isn't destiny when you have effective strategies...”

“Baseball hasn't been the national pastime for many years now - no sport is. The national pastime, like it or not, is watching television.”

“I continue to enjoy looking for stories, and trying to do the best job I can reporting and writing them.”

“I was very good at my work and I wasn't real good at my life.”

“The meat-and-potatoes work of world journalism is performed by the wire service reporters.”

“We were made to exercise. We feel better.”

“I love Caribbean food. It's a great melting pot of so many cultures including the Native Americans.”

“If you look closely enough, amid the merciless and the bitter, there is always the chance that you may find comfort and the promise of something good.”

“The professionalism of wire service reporters is constantly being tested because reporters know that if they're late or sloppy on a story, it will show up because the competition is likely to be not late and not sloppy.”