Men are just like unlit lamps: in themselves they are no good for anything, but, when lit, they can be handy to have around the house.

But I was going to learn the hardest lesson in life: that those whoare closest to you, always betray you first.

A bird in the hand was worth two in the bush, he told her, to which she retorted that a proverb was the last refuge of the mentally destitute.

But anyone who knows anything about the music industry knows it's not only about the music.

Grace alone makes the elect gracious; grace alone keeps them gracious; and the same grace alone will render them everlastingly glorious in the heaven of heavens.

I have a figure, and there aren't many girls out there right now who have that.

Etc. is a perfect word-when you can't think of the right one.

I'm more interested in writing than in performing.

A young bride is like a plucked flower; but a guilty wife is like a flower that had been walked over.

I am an economic person; I judge the amount of work involved with the amount of worth attained.

I'm for capital punishment. You've got to execute people. How else are they going to learn?