The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself.

Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate, now what's going to happen to us with both a House and a Senate?

Things do not change; we change.

Although prayer has been defined as communion with God, aspiration after the highest things, Stopford Brooke [Irish clergyman, 1832-1916] is right when he insists that prayer, in its plainest meaning, is a petition addressed to God. When Jesus laid the duty of petition upon his disciples, He went on to assert the reasonableness of man's asking and God's answering. Jesus argues along the line of reason that, if an earthly parent does the best in his power for his children, ... the Almighty and All-Wise Love, of which human love is only the shadow, will do better still for His great family; and therefore our Master teaches that men ought everywhere to pray, without fear, with hope, and without doubt.

... anything a customer thinks a store is losing money on.

One principle reason why men are so often useless is that they divide and shift their attention among a multiplicity of objects and pursuits.

Whenever we condemn, we cloak the world in pain.

Drill for oil? You mean drill into the ground to try and find oil? You're crazy. -- Drillers whom Edwin L. Drake tried to enlist in his project to drill for oil in 1859.

eat my shorts.

Patriotism is voluntary. It is a feeling of loyalty and allegiance that is the result of knowledge and belief. A patriot shows their their patriotism through their actions, by their choice.

You are only as wise as others perceive you to be.

An appeal to the reason of the people has never been known to fail in the long run.

I meant, said Ipslore bitterly, what is there in this world that truly makes living worth while? Death thought about it, Cats, he said eventually, Cats are Nice.

I shall need to sleep three weeks on end to get rested from the rest I've had.

Ride the air In whirlwind.

He is rich who owes nothing.

no blood, no foul.

No man is born an Artist nor an Angler.

But doth not the appetite alter? A man loves the meat in his youth that he cannot endure in his age.

When your outgo exceeds your income your upkeep will be your downfall.