Then if children make so much trouble, why do people have 'em?

You have never loved me as I love you--never--never! Yours is not a passionate heart--your heart does not burn in a flame! You are, upon the whole, a sort of fay, or sprite-- not a woman!

People go on marrying because they can't resist natural forces, although many of them may know perfectly well that they are possibly buying a month's pleasure with a life's discomfort.

You concede nothing to me and I have to concede everything to you.

Always wanting another man than your own.

You don't talk quite like a girl who has had no advantages.

And then he again uneasily saw, as he had latterly seen with more and more frequency, the scorn of Nature for man’s finer emotions, and her lack of interest in his aspirations.

I think that whenever children be born that are not wanted they should be killed directly, before their souls come to 'em, and not allowed to grow big and walk about!

The purpose of a chronicler of moods and deeds does not require him to express his personal views upon the grave controversy above given.

An average woman is in this superior to an average man—that she never instigates, only responds.

Like enthusiasts in general, he made no inquiries into details of procedure.

You do not deserve what you think you deserve, But you Deserve what you do.

When you are beloved and happy, you are a great success.

A Spaniard and a Pole worked in the barbershop where we got our hair cut. An Italian shined our shoes. A Croat washed our car. This was America.

A person’s voice can have such a powerful experience on the listener, very different from looking at the words on the page.

I wouldn't call myself a standup in the presence of Jerry Seinfeld or Chris Rock, but I do my share of it and it has been and remains part of my activity and I like it.

I have seen all souls as my soul, and realized my soul as the soul of all.

Declare the past, diagnose the present, foretell the future; practice these acts. As to diseases, make a habit of two things--to help, or at least to do no harm.

The new leaders face new tests such as how to lead in this idea-intensive, interdependent network environment

I like to try new things.

The process of doing plays will make you an actor.