He wanted to tell her she'd have more room if she'd just get rid of her books, but he supposed that in her case, it would be like telling a mother she'd have more room if she threw out her children.

Shall I compare thee to a barrel of apples?Though art more hairy, but sweeter inside.Rough winds couldn't keep me from taking you to chapel, Where finally a horse could take a bride...

Because he was English and that's what the English do under stress: they drink tea.

When the heart craved something so forcefully, then reason became nothing but helpless observer.

Nobody has a good name in a bad mouth. Nobody has a good name in a silly mouth either.

Any time your parent says they party with you, that is its own form of child abuse.

Stop trying to do things that will make you happy. Happiness is a state of mind; because otherwise, you are a slave to circumstance.

Walking is a man's best medicine.

God knows why - no pun intended - but every time I write a song, I feel a need to touch on religion.

I think that being a mother, you would do anything for your children. Their pain is your pain; if they're in pain, you feel their pain.

I don't think that word - the word pirate - has any real meaning. Or it's something that's had meaning imposed on it.

The superiority of the American system is eloquently proved by the pressure of people who want to crash our borders.

did you ever see anybody so disgusting: said lightning to thunder, "never" thunder growled thunder, "lets give him the works