...in the worst of circumstances, the hypocrite who pretends to be good does less harm than the public sinner.

Thou hast seen nothing yet.

Not with whom you are born, but with whom you are bred.

Until death it is all life

Finally, from so little sleeping and so much reading, his brain dried up and he went completely out of his mind.

Love and war are exactly alike. It is lawful to use tricks and slights to obtain a desired end.

I swear to hold my tongue about it till the end of your worship's days, and God grant I may be able to let it out tomorrow

...but once more I say do as you please, for we women are born to this burden of being obedient to our husbands, though they be blockheads

... truth, whose mother is history, who is the rival of time, depository of deeds, witness of the past, example and lesson to the present, and warning to the future.

We know already ample experience that it does not require much cleverness or much learning to be a governor, for there are a hundred round about us that scarcely know how to read.

It seems to me a hard case to make slaves of those whom God and nature have made free.

How much of your time, at your “hourly rate, ” is wasted each year because you’re cleaning up after your employees and fixing issues they’ve created or haven’t resolved themselves?

A woman's body is the gate to this life. A man's body is the gate to the next life.

My group has to do the Eighth Amendment, which is the one about cruel and unusual punishment. I'm not sure why group work isn't counted in that amendment.

Most of the bands that I really hold in my heart - you don't think about them as bands; they're just the soundtrack of your life.

To acquire immunity to eloquence is of the utmost importance to the citizens of a democracy.

J.C. Ryle is an evangelical champion...One of the bravest and best of men.

I learned jazz; that comes from blues. I learned rock; that comes from blues. I learned pop; that comes from blues. Even dance, that comes from blues, with the answer-and-response.

Criminals are dumb as stumps. If they were smart they could go be investment bankers. Or judges.

The warrior knows that the most important words in all languages are the small words. Yes. Love. God. They are words that are easy enough to say and which fill vast empty spaces.

People better get used to the idea that I exist.