A lament in one ear, maybe, but always a song in the other

That's the Irish all over -- they treat a joke as a serious thing and a serious thing as a joke.

There's nothing so passionate as a vested interest disguised as an intellectual conviction.

Politics - I don't know why, but they seem to have a tendency to separate us, to keep us from one another, while nature is always and ever making efforts to bring us together.

To me life is simply an invitation to live.

There's no reason to bring religion into it. I think we ought to have as great a regard for religion as we can, so as to keep it out of as many things as possible.

The whole worl's in a state o' chassis.

I ofen looked up at the sky an' assed meself the question - what is the stars, what is the stars?

I have found life an enjoyable, enchanting, active, and sometime terrifying experience, and I've enjoyed it completely. A lament in one ear, maybe, but always a song in the other.

So let us all who pray ask for what most of them need badly, a sense of humor to lighten their way through life, making it merrier for themselves and easier for others.

The secret to happiness is to find a congenial monotony.

A man who gets up very early creates a new day within the same day!

What is the mass of a feeling? What is its wavelength, its position on the electromagnetic spectrum?

No matter how old a mother is she watches her middle-aged children for signs of improvement.

Every musical movement that is big enough has to produce some good musicians who wouldn't have had the incentive to start playing without it.

To move freely you must be deeply rooted.

Before taking the stage, Paul Ryan spent 6 hours staring into a mirror working on 'concerned eyebrow.'

Relationship networking is about who you know and more importantly, who knows you. Building the right network can open new doors to future success in your business.

I use charcoal a lot. Partly because it has such a fantastic range but also because it is very easy to erase. For me, drawing is a lot to do with taking out, with returning to the white of the paper.

Oh yes, we're going to brawl, baby. Over you. Again.

Freedom for the pike is death for the minnow.