There are two roads to every place, and the wise man chooses the pleasant one.

When one married a man, it was clear to me, one married also the sink and the stove.

In every art the desire to practice it precedes both the full ability to do so and the possession of something worthwhile to express by its means.

It's a useful rule in Anglo-American communications that the English should double, and the Americans halve, the number of words they would normally employ.

Retracing the various episodes of one's life, one is disconcerted to discover that one was not as noble as one thought oneself at the time.

These last years are as important as any that have gone before, nor will any other of our years vitiate or excuse them. The struggle continues.

My cat is an ungrateful brat. -Nellie McKay

REFUSALWhen you refuseto tell your weightand age, people knowyou're fat and old.

You can spend a lot of money on education, but if you don’t spend it wisely, on improving the quality of instruction, you won’t get higher student outcomes.

The problem with common sense is, it isn't.

The real trouble about the duty of forgiveness is that you do it with all your might on Monday and then find on Wednesday that it hasn't stayed put and all has to be done over again.

All love is sweet Given or returned And its familiar voice wearies not ever.

Innovation is very important to me, especially professionally. The alternative, standing pat, leads to complacency, rigidity and eventually failure.

I don't take vacations. I don't get sick. I don't observe major holidays. I'm a jack hammer.

When we try to observe things that are very small, the act of observation itself will significantly disturb the state we are seeking to measure.

I believe in full freedom for Christians of all denominations.