Rare indeed is the nature that does not become a little more intense when its own affairs come under discussion.

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.

People love to talk but hate to listen.

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.

For it was by the Will of God that men were made of a certain bodily shape, were given their natures and their faculties. Whoever destroys His work wages war against God's Creation and God's Will.

As a former Catholic, and as someone who even today is not opposed to being called a Christian, I felt I had every right to use the symbols of the Church and resented being told not to.

What we do modifies us more than what is done to us.

In the final analysis, the hope of every person is simply peace of mind.

Jealousy is the very reverse of understanding, of sympathy, and of generous feeling. Never has jealousy added to character, never does it make the individual big and fine.

A lot of my wounds have healed. They have left scars, and I can either hide my scars, put a long sleeve shirt on, and cover them up. Or, I can show them off and say, "Yeah, it happened."

As any gardener will tell you, the cycles of nature require patience...Even a fast-growing vegetable like a radish requires time.

A nickname is the hardest stone that the devil can throw at a man.

I admire that about the Republicans: The evidence does not faze them. They are not bothered at all by the facts.