Half the unhappiness in the world is due to the failure of plans which were never reasonable and often impossible.

A woman is as old as she looks before breakfast.

A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice.

People are always neglecting something they can do in trying to do something they can't do.

Many people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk.

About all some men accomplish in life is to send a son to Harvard.

A reasonable probability is the only certainty.

When I get hold of a book I particularly admire, I am so enthusiastic that I loan it to someone who never brings it back.

What people say behind your back is your standing in the community in which you live.

The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half as wise as the man with no secrets to keep

A modest man is usually admired - if people ever hear of him.

I couldn’t decide whether it was better to be the art, or the artist.

People say history was written by the winners. No, it wasn't. It was written by the bullies.

Worries carry responsibilitie s that belong to God, not to you. Worry does not enable us to escape evil; it makes us unfit to cope with it when it comes.

I was a little nerdy, but I got along with everybody. I had fun at school - skateboarding, surfing, getting kicked out of class for making too much noise.

The world ... is full of people who never knew what hit 'em, their lives are over before they wake up.

Quit trying to do what I already know you can't do and let Christ do what only He can through you.

What I am arguing, in effect, is that the full democratic system of the second half of the fifth century B.C. would not have been introduced had there been no Athenian empire.

If the research agenda reflects "market forces", the problems of the poor are likely to be even more neglected than they already are.

I'm open to any kind of situation in a song as long as it touches my heart.

Revolution is as unpredictable as an earthquake and as beautiful as spring. Its coming is always a surprise, but its nature should not be.