For the last half of my life I have had the doubtful benefit of a brother whose literary reputation is much greater than my own.

If nature had arranged that husbands and wives should have children alternatively, there would never be more than three in a family.

The modern form of things had begun to appeal to me, also (as material for satire) politics, and the lives of the great and little, high up in the social scale.

A saint is one who makes goodness attractive. Surely, a great teacher does the same thing for education.

I believe absolutely in love being the central motive force of the universe.

I still think that if the human race, or even one nation, could only get right about its God the rest would follow.

I have always been a writer of letters, and of long ones; so, when I first thought of writing a book in the form of letters, I knew that I could do it quickly and easily.

It is right and natural that generous minds while in the twenties should think the books which try to reform the world's wrong the greatest of all.

I shall not die young, for I am already near seventy: I may die old.

If fathers were to be mothers, then there will never have a family of more than three.

I had never thought of myself as a dramatist, and, for really good technical results, the thought came too late: a man of letters has become too wordy to write economically for the stage.

Give a man a centimeter and he'll think he's a ruler.

He who lives in the hearts of others never dies! Truly impacting and empowering people where you make a huge difference.

I'm what you call a deathbed Catholic.

Henceforth, language studies were no longer directed merely towards correcting grammar.

You're at the top of your game if you do comedy.

I'm just more into playing golf. It's a great thing.

Bragging is often merely a ladder we build for ourselves out of words when we are afraid we are not tall enough in the eyes of the world. It is an unwitting confession to low self-esteem.

Some people deal with their problems by talking them to death. In fact, some enjoy the execution so much they resurrect their problems just so they can kill them again.-Nathan Hurst

White. A blank page or canvas. So many possibilities.

The greatest of all the arts is the art of living together!