Grandma told me all about it, Told me so I couldn't doubt it, How she danced, my grandma danced; long ago.

Whenever a snowflake leaves the sky,It turns and turns to say "Good-by!Good-by, dear clouds, so cool and gray!"Then lightly travels on its way.

Luxuries unfit us for returning to hardships easily endured before.

What a dreadful thing it must be to have a dull father.

But when a snowflake, brave and meek,Lights on a rosy maiden's cheek,It starts-"How warm and soft the day!""'T is summer!" and it melts away.

[On the Netherlands:] There is not a richer or more carefully tilled garden spot in the whole world than this leaky, springy little country.

Life is a mystery as deep as ever death can be.

[On The Netherlands:] ... the entire country is a kind of saturated sponge.

I'm as true a Protestant, in sooth, as any fine lady that walks into church, but it's not wrong to turn sometimes to the good St. Nicholas.

She waits for me, my lady Earth, Smiles and waits and sighs; I'll say her nay, and hide away, Then take her by surprise.

But I believe that God is overheadAnd as life is to the living, so death is to the dead.

Accept your life with love

While a man desires a woman, His mind is boundAs closely as a calf to its mother.As you would pluck an autumn lily, Pluck the arrow of desire.

this was an environment built, not for man, but for man's absence.

To me the outdoors is what you must pass through in order to get from your apartment into a taxicab.

There is a lure in power. It can get into a man's blood just as gambling and lust for money have been known to do

I've never worked on a lawyer show for a long time, but I imagine the actors all start acting like lawyers.

I like it when a movie scares the s - t out of me. That, for me, is just the best.

If you have zest and enthusiasm you attract zest and enthusiasm. Life does give back in kind.

They paid the ultimate price and we can never forget their sacrifice.

Two conditions that warrant someone's unconditional devotion: 1. Save their life 2. Help them move a pillow top mattress