One has not great hopes from Birmingham. I always say there is something direful in the sound.

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

My heart is, and always will be, yours.

It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.

There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.

The younger brother must help to pay for the pleasures of the elder.

Our scars make us know that our past was for real

None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.

What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps one in a continual state of inelegance.

Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken.

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.

A woman without a past is like a fruitcake without brandy—insipid!

What made Manhattan Manhattan was the underground infrastructure, that engineering marvel.

Those who know God know that it is quite a mistake to suppose that there are only five senses.

There would always be a vote. There were always conflicts and arguments for years and years - that's why we're not together anymore. But there was always a vote. It was always two out of three.

Time is a great conference planning our end, and youth is only the past putting a leg forward.

Faster roads are not always safer roads - and virtually all societies, democratic or authoritarian, prefer safety over speed, even if many of their citizens enjoy fast driving.

Cash is king. Get every drop of cash you can get and hold onto it.

I cried at my son's sports day, for God's sake. I'm a huge baby

A lot of my upbringing was about denying or fretting or evading.

If God has made your cup sweet, drink it with grace; if He has made it bitter, drink it in communion with Him.