A small profit is better than a big loss.

Others can make us vulnerable and the sooner such vulnerabilities are dealt with the better

One thing's sure and nothing surer. The rich get richer and the poor get- children

A place where something so terrible had happened shouldn't continue to exist in the world

I learnt how to hunt rattlesnakes with an eagle for Serena.

Don't love anything that can be taken away.

We had some good times at school. I didn't know how good those times were until I left, but I guess that's the way of it

But nothing is solid and permanent. Our lives are raised on the shakiest foundations. You don't need to read history books to know that. You only have to know the history of your own life.

It’s ever been the way of the man of science or philosophy. Most folks stay in the dark and then complain they can’t see nothing.” – Snipes (185)

You got one choice at the beginning but if you didn't choose right, things got narrow real quick.

It's a hard place this world can be. No wonder a baby cries coming in to it. Tears from the start

There couldn't be a resolution, because life doesn't end on a schedule. It ends in the middle, every time.

There's this magical sense of possibility that stretches like a bridge between June and August. A sense that anything can happen.

They that trust in the Lord shall never be confounded!

Fantastic tyrant of the amorous heart. How hard thy yoke, how cruel thy dart. Those escape your anger who refuse your sway, and those are punished most, who most obey.

That's what American democracy has come down to at these town hall meetings: old people and gun nuts, which is a terrible combination. I heard somebody yell 'AK-47!' and a lady yelled, 'Bingo!'

A man talking fast has something to hide.

I do not want any patronage, as I do not give any. I am a lover of my own liberty, and so I would do nothing to restrict yours. I simply want to please my own conscience which is God.

Whether via social media or in person, building your relationships is a long-term process, and the ultimate goal is to strengthen your network one person at a time.

I don't know what kind of swag I'd get if I were extra Irish. It would just be, like, extra potatoes. Or like a free pint of Guinness.

Marriages are said to be made in Heaven, which may be why they don't work here on Earth.