I was most incorrigibly devoted to versifying, and all my spouse's wholesome admonitions had no manner of effect on me; in short, I believe this scribbling itch is an incurable disease.

Is it not monstrous that our seducers should be our accusers?

when a swinging sin is to be committed, there is nothing like a gown and a cassock to cover it.

Reputation ... is as often gained without merit as lost without a crime.

by the general love of scandal and detraction in Dublin, one might reasonably imagine they were all to feed themselves through the holes which they had made in the characters of others.

In two words, " said Alan quietly, "there is nothing I love half as much as you.

It's fun to get together and have something good to eat at least once a day. That's what human life is all about-enjoying things.

A new friend is new wine, when it grows old, you will enjoy drinking it.

I've never done anything but dream. This, and this alone, has been the meaning of my life. My only real concern has been my inner life.

Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him.' Whatever happens is to His good purpose and for His glory. I am not afraid.

We are in the ordinary position of scientists of having to be content with piecemeal improvements: we can make several things clearer, but we cannot make anything clear.

You can't pick up the telephone and say, 'Connect me with someone else who has a kid with leukemia.'

I'm interested in stories and the dark side of peoples' minds.

The Gulf Stream waters of Woody Guthrie's famous song were strung with columns of oil that were several miles long.

I never played a perfect 18 holes. There is no such thing. I expect to make at least seven mistakes a round. Therefore, when I make a bad shot, I don't worry about it. It is just one of the seven.