People love to talk but hate to listen.

Men are too emotional to vote. Their conduct at baseball games and political conventions shows this . . .

In a world where England is finished and dead: I do not wish to live.

It is always difficult for a woman to be grateful for a form of chivalry that seems to be based on the premise that she is a moron.

When a woman like that whom I've seen so much, All of a sudden drops out of touch; Is always busy and never can, Spare you a moment, it means a man.

Listening is not merely not talking, though even that is beyond most of our powers; it means taking a vigorous, human interest in what is being told us.

No one really believes in equality who's on top.

Good manners are the techniques of expressing consideration for the feelings of others.

Silences, as every observer knows, have strange characteristics all their own - passionate silences, and hateful silences, and silences full of friendly, purring content.

And now too late, we see these things are one: The art is sacrifice and self-control And who loves beauty must be stern of soul.

They make other nations seem pale and flighty, But they do think England is God almighty, And you must remind them now and then That other countries breed other men.

Prayer changes us because that’s what relationships do.

The absence of the spirit of gratitude in one's heart, always hinders the presence of happiness in one's life.

Musician jokes are a kind of joke that usually have to do with how much money someone makes. Musicians are always starving, so they're really mean to each other about who makes what.

If you decide that you are a winner, and if you hold that image in your mind strongly enough, you will become a winner.

Thou seekest disciples? Then thou seekest ciphers.

As a musician, life is not over just because you are getting older, and so I find retirement a very frightening and dark thought.

Whoever does not seek the cross of Christ doesn't seek the glory of Christ.

The truth is that there is no journey. You are right now what you are attempting to be. You are right now where you are attempting to go.

No one is so wrong as the man who knows all the answers.

There is always the risk of being over-confident when you are preparing to face a weaker player.