The secret of a happy marriage is simple: Just keep on being as polite to one another as you are to your friends.

Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; an argument an exchange of ignorance.

As we grow older, our bodies get shorter and our anecdotes longer.

Character is made by what you stand for;reputation by what you fall for.

There are glimpses of heaven to us in every act, or thought, or word, that raises us above ourselves.

If we wish to make a new world we have the material ready. The first one, too, was made out of chaos.

If you count all your assets you always show a profit.

Silent gratitude isn't much use to anyone. G.B. Stern "If you count all your assets, you always show a profit."

God give me the wisdom to see the truth however contrary to my established beliefs.

Why are congressmen called public servants? You never see servants that anxious to keep their jobs.

It's a great kindness to trust people with a secret. They feel so important while telling it.

Symphony of the airmy ear can hearmy only companiona rocking chairsilence is masterwishing you were here.

Even a poor translator couldn't kill a style that moves with such narrative clarity.

There are curveballs that are thrown at you, and you just have to get over it and forgive... if you believe you're perfect, and you don't believe in forgiveness, you're not meant to be married.

There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, 'Thy will be done,' and those to whom God says, 'All right, then, have it your way.'

To me, the harmonica is like a voice.

Some consider the puzzles that are created by their omissions as spicy challenges, without which their texts would be boring; others shun clarity lest their work is considered trivial.

You might be a redneck if Exxon and Conoco have offered you royalties for your hair.

When people in authority want the rest of us to behave, it matters-first and foremost-how they behave.

There is a light at the end of the tunnel... hopefully its not a freight train!

I thought I had too much money to be happy and normal. Thousand of pounds is just too much for a working person to handle all of a sudden, and I felt I didnt deserve it.