I suppose that we are only young, Chris, so long as we can forget. After that we merely remember!

The world doesn't come to the clever folks, it comes to the stubborn, obstinate, one-idea-at-a-time people.

Peace is not a passive but an active condition, not a negation but an affirmation.

People that trust themselves a dozen miles from the city, in strange houses, with servants they don't know, needn't be surprised if they wake up some morning and find their throats cut.

Love is like the measles, all the worse when it comes late.

having considerable mind, changing it became almost as ponderous an operation as moving a barn, although not nearly so stable.

I had a vision ... of being found on the pavement by some passerby, with a small punctuation mark ending my sentence of life.

Every crucial experience can be regarded either as a setback, or the start of a wonderful new adventure, it depends on your perspective!

when knowledge comes in at the door, fear and superstition fly out of the window.

The mystery story is two stories in one: the story of what happened and the story of what appeared to happen.

Conflict is the very essence of life.

If you choose to not deal with an issue, then you give up your right of control over the issue and it will select the path of least resistance.

I'm told I'm very charming when people do what I want.

I'm always sad to leave paradise, but I leave behind the hopes of coming again soon.

Father, help us to rest our heads on the soft pillow of Your providence.

The only way to escape the abyss is to look at it, gauge it, sound it out and descend into it.

The woman's function is to fascinate men.

Singing is basically a form of pleasant, controlled screaming.

I've outdone anyone you can name - Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Strauss. Irving Berlin, he wrote 1,001 tunes. I wrote 5,500.

Mother Earth is very talented.

I really love things with melody.