I am old enough to see how little I have done in so much time, and how much I have to do in so little.

The majority of human beings do not turn to God because they have not enough happiness but because happiness is not enough.

Spring was coming back with the old promise, demanding the old sacrifice.

The great question of all choosers and adventurers is 'Was it worth while?' - and whatever else you may expect of life, don't expect an answer to that.

A novel which has been too much worked over often goes flat, and no amount of laborious revision can take the place of careful planning beforehand.

Pictures of my life stretch back into what must have been my very earliest childhood. ... They are not movies, then, nor are they talkies, but they are quite distinctly feelies.

Life justified itself. It might be cruel, treacherous, ironic, but it was life, and pain was as much a part of it as joy.

It was one of the late Conservative Government's gestures towards agriculture -- graceful as a kiss, and of about as much use.

A bad conscience makes a very good ghost.

If I could just write it down in a piece of paper, then maybe she could get a decent night's sleep, eat a little of her dinner. Maybe she could have a minute's worth of peace.

If women are breadwinners and men bring home the bacon, why do people complain about having no dough? I'm confused. Also hungry.

Some people take what they need from the orchard, and other people pick the orchard clean."From - "The Mind Game Company - The Players

The Bible is not interested in precisionism unless the context indicates that precision is particularly important.

The next darwin is more likely to be a data wonk than a naturalist wandering through an exotic landscape.

When we took over the economy, we were losing 800 thousand jobs a month under the [George W.] Bush administration.

Prayer moves the arm Which moves the world, And brings salvation down.

You have to be able to make a real creative life for Yourself, before you can expect anyone Else to provide one ready-made for you.

Cease dependence on inspection to achieve quality. Eliminate the need for inspection on a mass basis by building quality into the product in the first place.