that's what everybody wants, just a little more money, even the people who have it.

Authors do not supply imaginations, they expect their readers to have their own, and to use it

Lies, injustice, and hypocrisy are a part of every ordinary community. Most people achieve a sort of protective immunity, a kind of callousness, toward them. If they didn't, they couldn't endure.

What are friends for, if not to help bear our sins?

Have you ever stopped to think how much unhappiness and downright cruelty are laid to the loving kindness of the Lord? And always by His most ardent followers, it seems.

The trouble with Clare was, not only that she wanted to have her cake and eat it too, but that she wanted to nibble at the cakes of other folk as well.

Authors do not supply imaginations.

I think being a mother is the cruelest thing in the world.

I feel like the oldest person in the world with the longest stretch of life before me.

Children aren't everything. There are other things in the world, though I admit some people don't seem to suspect it.

Everything can't be explained by some general biological phrase.

My life has been greatly influenced by many books which I have never read.

I am a temperance Republican down to my toes.

One can unite the French only under the threat of danger. One cannot simply bring together a nation that produces 265 kinds of cheese.

Life is a battlefield. I don't have enough time on the planet to play games.

A unique, personal music that lights up the stage with its joy and enthusiasm.

I always think that the project I'm working on will be the best.

I think NASCAR's coming to Canada now so it'll take on a whole new relevance. Be afraid.

In the military, I learned that 'leadership' means raising your hand and volunteering for the tough, important assignments.

Man is free the moment he wants to be.