Useless as a pulled tooth.

The world doesn't come to the clever folks, it comes to the stubborn, obstinate, one-idea-at-a-time people.

Peace is not a passive but an active condition, not a negation but an affirmation.

People that trust themselves a dozen miles from the city, in strange houses, with servants they don't know, needn't be surprised if they wake up some morning and find their throats cut.

Love is like the measles, all the worse when it comes late.

having considerable mind, changing it became almost as ponderous an operation as moving a barn, although not nearly so stable.

I had a vision ... of being found on the pavement by some passerby, with a small punctuation mark ending my sentence of life.

Every crucial experience can be regarded either as a setback, or the start of a wonderful new adventure, it depends on your perspective!

when knowledge comes in at the door, fear and superstition fly out of the window.

The mystery story is two stories in one: the story of what happened and the story of what appeared to happen.

Conflict is the very essence of life.

Marriage equality is about more than just marriage. It's about something greater. It's about acceptance.

Growing up, my family was an enemy of the state. I have experienced more disappointment than joy, much more sad stories or desperate conditions.

It takes a lot to be Dabo Swinney, and not everyone can live this lifestyle. But, boy is it fun.

Practice in life whatever you pray for and God will give it to you more abundantly.

I can tan quickly. What takes people hours to do, I can tan in half an hour.

Liberalism is wrong because it doesn't work. If a company is too big to fail, it is too big to exist.

Plato was only a Bernard Shaw who unfortunately made his jokes in Greek.

Both we and the Soviets face the common threat of nuclear destruction and there is no likelihood that either capitalism or communism will survive a nuclear war.

I am fortunate in that I am motivated to do what I do by just a really goofy desire to do it. Maybe I have demons that are hidden away someplace, and I'll discover mine someday.

There is not much less vexation in the government of a private family than in the managing of an entire state.