O. Henry Quotes

I am perhaps more proud of having helped to redeem the character of the cave-man than of any other single achievement of mine in the field of anthropology.

Hypotheses like professors, when they are seen not to work any longer in the laboratory, should disappear.

For the moment I can think of nothing— except that I am a sentient being stabbed by the miracle of these waters that reflect a forgotten world.

Of moral purpose I see no trace in Nature. That is an article of exclusively human manufacture and very much to our credit.

The study of crime begins with the knowledge of oneself.

Henry James chews more than he bites off.

Our faith triumphant o'er our fears.

Today is the blocks with which we build.

I wish I knew the good of wishing.

It is this conception of the unity of the human career which is perhaps the greatest achievement of historical study, since it gained a place analogous to that of natural science.

Each of you is a unique child of God. God knows you individually. He sends messages of encouragement, correction, and direction fitted to you and to your needs.

Patriotism is best exemplified through auto-critique.

I mean, I do wear a wedding ring and take it off when I shoot.

I have been there, and I have seen these totally formed babies as early as ten weeks...with the leg missing, or with their head off. I have seen the little rib cages.

You never know when you're going to get an opportunity.

There is great truth in Alphonse Karr's remark that modern men are ugly because they do not wear their beards.

The intensity of vision in the artist and of vividness in his creations are the sole tests of his imaginative power.

The public can only be really moved by what is genuine.

We cannot give Russia veto over deployment of forces on NATO territory. But we have to understand their particular sensitivities, and, therefore, there should be a dialogue on these issues.

Intelligence is not all that important in the exercise of power, and is often, in point of fact, useless.

It is frankly a mistake of amateurs to believe you can gain the upper hand in a diplomatic negotiation.

If you control the oil you control the country; if you control food, you control the population.

Obama is like a chess player who is playing simultaneous chess and has opened his game with an unusual opening.

Peace depends ultimately not on political arrangements but on the conscience of mankind.

Baseball is the most intellectual game because most of the action goes on in your head.

You should not think that you can shape history only by your will. This is also why I'm against the concept of intervention when you don't know its ultimate implications.

I believe that without Watergate we would have had an extraordinary period of success with a strong Nixon and a still vital Brezhnev in power.

The American foreign policy trauma of the sixties and seventies was caused by applying valid principles to unsuitable conditions.

At any rate, mutually assured destruction was never our policy.

The end we know not; but we wander on, Down the regretful wilderness of time.

Modern politics is, at bottom, a struggle not of men but of forces.

That the American, by temperament, worked to excess, was true; work and whiskey were his stimulants; work was a form of vice; but he never cared much for money or power after he earned them.

I want to be advertised and the easiest way is to do something obnoxious and do it well.

Whenever a man reaches the top of the political ladder, his enemies unite to pull him down. His friends become critical and exacting.

During an election campaign the air is full of speeches and vice versa.

[P]hilosophy . . .consists chiefly in suggesting unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.

Boys naturally look on all force as an enemy.

Politics cannot stop to study psychology Its methods are rough; its judgments rougher still.

In youth, the absense of pleasure is pain, in old age, the absence of pain is pleasure.

It is with deep regret that the determination to assemble Parliament has been so long delayed.

To tell a man who has no realization that he is lost, that he may be saved by faith in Christ, means nothing to him, however true and blessed the fact is in itself.

Old books, old wine, old Nankin blue;- All things, in short, to which belong The charm, the grace that Time makes strong, All these I prize, but (entre nous) Old friends are best!

When you meet someone, treat them as if they were in serious trouble, and you will be right more than half the time.

By His words and His example, Christ has shown us how to draw closer to Him.

The Savior warns that if we start along the path and go far enough and then fail and deny Him, it would have been better if we had never begun.

The Lord knew I would someday be charged with the priesthood responsibility for hundreds and even thousands of Heavenly Father's children who were in desperate temporal need.

A driving range is the place where golfers go to get all the good shots out of their system.

Men know so little about us women. We've a weakness, it is true, for those who charm us, but we always come back to those who love us.

Man, being essentially active, must find in activity his joy, as well as his beauty and glory; and labor, like every thing else that is good, is its own reward.

We've got to have a deep, intimate relationship with the Father if we're going to lead like Jesus.