One learns first of all in beach living the art of shedding; how little one can get along with, not how much.

The most exhausting thing in life is being insincere.

It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeeded.

By and large, mothers and housewives are the only workers who do not have regular time off. They are the great vacationless class.

The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach - waiting for a gift from the sea.

Men kick friendship around like a football, but it doesn't seem to crack. Women treat it like glass and it goes to pieces.

I feel we are all islands - in a common sea.

A simple enough pleasure, surely, to have breakfast alone with one's husband, but how seldom married people in the midst of life achieve it.

My passport photo is one of the most remarkable photographs I have ever seen- no retouching, no shadows, no flattery-just stark me.

When I cannot write a poem, I bake biscuits and feel just as pleased.

Don't wish me happiness - I don't expect to be happy it's gotten beyond that, somehow. Wish me courage and strength and a sense of humor - I will need them all.

Consistency and accuracy instills believability

He multiplieth words without knowledge.

There are a lot of good causes out there, but they can't possibly all be served by government.

When terrorism strikes, divisive anger is a natural response.

In the United States, the last recorded clitoridectomy for curing masturbation was performed in 1948--on a five year old girl.

An easy, non-self-denying life will never be one of power.

Many people feel he did cross a line in a way he hadn't even done before and also that Republicans had to speak out because they believe Trump poses a danger to the party.

Hard words indeed break no bones, but many a heart has been broken by them.

My music is very, very precise. It's very rigorous. The forms are much more intricate than you would imagine.

The game has never seen a better catcher than YADIER MOLINA.