She said that that was the disadvantage of bringing creatures into the house: one grew used to them, and then, one had the upset of their loss.

Why do gentlemen's voices carry so clearly, when women's are so easily stifled?

The vase was placed upon my desk, and there were orange-blossoms in it—orange-blossoms, in an English winter!

Whatever action we take may influence the course of civilization.

College is about three things: homework, fun, and sleep...but you can only choose two.

Whenever there is a cross to be carried by any of Christ’s followers, He always bears the heavy end on His own shoulders.

Every time I do what you say I tumble a bit farther down this well of darkness, an' this here is a drop too deep an' too dark for me. I have to stop falling while I can still see a bit of the sky.

My father and mother separated when I was two months old.

Offer me that deathless death Good God, let me give you my life.

Nobody ever asks men about the work-life balance, and I just find that interesting, because clearly, I would imagine most men also want to be good fathers, and I'm sure they want to be good partners.

Yet we can maintain a free society only if we recognize that in a free society no one can win all the time. No one can have his own way all the time, and no one is right all the time.

I don't do anything that is not fun. I just don't do it.

If I am selling to you, I speak your language. If I am buying, dann müssen sie Deutsch sprechen.