A conservative is a man who will not look at the new moon out of respect for that 'ancient institution' the old one.

The only athletic sport I ever mastered was backgammon.

Earth is here so kind, that just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest.

After all there is something about a wedding-gown prettier than in any other gown in the world.

A man never so beautifully shows his own strength as when he respects a woman's softness.

He is one of those wise philanthropists who, in a time of famine, would vote for nothing but a supply of toothpicks.

A coquette is like a recruiting sergeant, always on the lookout for fresh victims.

Quality, not quantity, is my measure.

Marriage is like wine. It is not be properly judged until the second glass.

A man is in no danger so long as he talks his love; but to write it is to impale himself on his own pothooks.

Grumblers deserve to be operated upon surgically; their trouble is usually chronic.

An institution is right or it is wrong. One that cannot accept dinosaur bones is one that cannot be trusted on more important matters.

we founded Editas Medicine with $43 million in financing from three venture capital firms.

For no one, in our long decline, So dusty, spiteful and divided, Had quite such pleasant friends as mine, Or loved them half as much as I did.

Life always has some surprises up its sleeve!

You either get the point of Africa or you don't. What draws me back year after year is that it's like seeing the world with the lid off.

Democracy is a small hard core of common agreement surrounded by a rich variety of individual differences.

Women do not disapprove their rivals; they hate them.

Thoughts will change and shift just like the wind and the water when you're on the boat; thoughts are no different than anything else.

I'm kinda saving myself for Miley Cyrus.

When God hands you a gift, he also hands you a whip; and the whip is intended for self-flagellation solely.