I know that I have had friends who would never have vexed or betrayed me, if they had walked on all fours.

I never found even in my juvenile hours that it was necessary to go a thousand miles in search of themes for moralizing.

The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in a thousand things well.

In all science, error precedes the truth, and it is better it should go first than last.

Life is a comedy for those who think and a tragedy for those who feel.

The Methodists love your big sinners, as proper subjects to work upon.

This world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel.

Nine-tenths of the people were created so you would want to be with the other tenth.

Who has begun has half done. Have the courage to be wise. Begin!

Foolish writers and readers are created for each other.

When people will not weed their own minds, they are apt to be overrun by nettles.

I love objectivity when mine.

The lust and attraction are often a given in a romance novel - I want to dig into the elements of true friendship that form a foundation for a solid, gonna-last-forever romantic relationship.

A government is free in proportion to the rights it guarantees to the minority.

Usually, if you're buried alive, that's gonna be the last time that happens, isn't it?

Sculpture is the art of the hole and the lump.

I have no clue why, but maybe sometimes when there's someone you don't hear from, it's the person you want to hear from the most.

You want a CEO that understands they need to build a team around them that's sharper and smarter than they are.

The mobile phone is very dangerous. If you're walking and looking at your phone, you're not walking - you're surfing the internet.

If there's anyone in my lifetime who deserves honor it is Billy Graham. I think he is the most significant figure since the apostles.

I always find it more difficult to say the things I mean than the things I don't.