Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.

Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

By the time a bartender knows what drink a man will have before he orders, there is little else about him worth knowing.

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.

Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough.

Punctuality is one of the cardinal business virtues: always insist on it in your subordinates.

When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?'

A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists.

The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race.

A fierce unrest seethes at the core, of all existing things:, it was the eager wish to soar, that gave the gods their wings.

personally my ambition is to get my time as a cockroach shortened for good behavior and be promoted to a revenue officer it is not much of a step up but i am humble

I love the man, ” Megan said as she took a seat, “but honestly he needs to learn when not to agree with me.

The most expected thing you can expect is what's unexpected.

The reason I believe that emotion is a higher state than intellect is that chess computers don't enjoy winning.

Always, everywhere God is present, and always He seeks to discover Himself to each one

If people should ever start to do only what is necessary millions would die of hunger.

We feel the need to emphasize with greater clarity the obligation for members of the Church to become more independent and self reliant.

Insecurity twists meanings and poisons trust. In a closely beleaguered city every sentry is a potential traitor.

I have tons of friends in the heavy-metal music world, and just going to see them inspires me.

A strongest man is the loneliest one

Copiousness of words, however ranged, is always false eloquence, though it will ever impose on some sort of understandings.