Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down with incredible swiftness.

Time is a dressmaker specializing in alterations.

Sometimes there is a greater lack of communication in facile talking than in silence.

Autumn burned brightly, a running flame through the mountains, a torch flung to the trees.

I've always thought that the most perfect fate which could befall any woman would be to be born a rich widow.

You cannot contribute anything to the ideal condition of mind and heart known as Brotherhood, however much you preach, posture, or agree, unless you live it.

In my belief, a harvest is also a legacy, for very often what you reap is, in the way of small miracles, more than you consciously know you have sown.

One of the dreariest spots on life's road is the point of conviction that nothing will ever again happen to you.

The shadow of fear and uncertainty lies over most of us; for us the future seems far from being as clear and open as we believed it would be.

Occasionally the impossible happens; this is a truism that accounts for much of what we call good luck; and also, bad.

Every generation proclaims that each must lead his own life, but seldom grants the subsequent generation the right to lead theirs.

My aunt and overprivileged cousin only recognize two states of being: glitter and grunge. And if you weren’t glitter, well, that only left one other option.

Since the teachers weren't picking, I ended up with a boy with bad body odour. 'You should wear deodorant, ' I said to him. 'And you should shut your trap, ' he replied.

One never said the things one wanted — one remembered them all an hour afterwards. On the other hand one usually said a lot of things one shouldn't, simply from a sense that one had to say something.

The phenomenon of UFO doesn't say anything about the presence of intelligence in space. It just shows how rare it is here on the earth.

If you're sitting around worrying about bills all day, it's hard to hear the guidance that's coming from the inside.

It is the rule which says that the other rules of scientific procedure must be designed in such a way that they do not protect any statement in science against falsification.

Too often in Washington special interests urge us to fight one another just because we belong to different parties. It is time for this to stop and for Washington to focus on what needs to be done.

This is a serious problem that will lead to a serious debate about the first amendment.

Never put a question mark where God puts a Period

His name was George F. Babbitt, and . . . he was nimble in the calling of selling houses for more than people could afford to pay.