R. A. Butler Quotes

We grow weary of those things (and perhaps soonest) which we most desire.

Silence is not always tact and it is tact that is golden not silence.

People care more about being thought to have good taste than about being thought either good clever or amiable.

Florence Farr once said to me "If we could say to ourselves with sincerity 'this passing moment is as good as any I shall ever know ' we could die upon the instant and be united with God."

Our latest moment is always our supreme moment. Five minutes delay in dinner now is more important than a great sorrow ten years gone.

Loyalty is still the same Whether it win or lose the game True as a dial to the sun Although it be not shined upon.

To put one's trust in God is only a longer way of saying that one will chance it.

It is the function of vice to keep virtue within reasonable grounds.

A virtue to be serviceable must like gold be alloyed with some commoner but more durable metal.

This was the penn'worth of his thought.

She bid me take love easy as the leaves grow on the tree But I being young and foolish with her would not agree.

People do blame you for the things they do to you.

I do what I can, ' I said. 'When I can do more, I will. You know that.

Every story I write adds to me a little, changes me a little, forces me to reexamine an attitude or belief, causes me to research and learn, helps me to understand people and grow.

Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

Funny songs aren't usually that good. Like Weird Al and maybe a couple of Beatles songs, but it's kind of hard to bring humor into rock music in an interesting way.

People in high school either feel like they're with the cool kids in a clique, or they're isolated - there's no in-between.

I get a little behind during Lent, but it comes out even at Christmas.

A person needs at intervals to separate himself from family and companions and go to new places. He must go without his familiars in order to be open to influences, to change.

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.

A 10-pound sack of potatoes lasts a long time.

Religion is everywhere. There are no human societies without it, whether they acknowledge it as a religion or not.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but a little want of knowledge is also a dangerous thing.

If you let your fear of consequence prevent you from following your deepest instinct, your life will be safe, expedient and thin.

Vaccination is the medical sacrament corresponding to baptism. Whether it is or is not more efficacious I do not know.

Wine comes in at the mouth And love comes in at the eye That's all we shall know for truth Before we grow old and die.

I think we need people with stronger ideals than John Kerry or Bill Clinton. I think we need people with more courage and vision.

I love my iPhone it's great to have a camera around all the time.

I've always been really into action movies. Since I was little, that was my favorite type of film.

Both for Havana's beauty and decay, it's very hard to restrain yourself from staring everywhere you look.

Parents are the last people on earth who ought to have children.

There are no strangers here Only friends you haven't yet met.

Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot but make it hot by striking.

Most people have never learned that one of the main aims in life is to enjoy it.

Life is not an exact science, it is an art.

It is better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all.

I'm very happy alone.

When I was 18, I thought my father was pretty dumb. After a while when I got to be 21, I was amazed to find out how much he'd learned in three years.