Flow on, forever, in thy glorious robe Of terror and of beauty. Yea, flow on Unfathomed and resistless. God hath set His rainbow on thy forehead: and the cloud Mantled around thy feet. And He doth give Thy voice of thunder power to speak of Him Eternally--bidding the lip of man Keep silence--and upon thine altar pour Incense of awe-struck praise.

Giving birth is like taking your lower lip and forcing it over your head.

Death, as the Psalmist saith, is certain to all; all shall die. How a good yoke of bullocks at Stamford fair? -King Henry IV. Part II. Act iii. Sc. 2.

Got no check books, got no banks. Still I'd like to express my thanks - I got the sun in the mornin' and the moon at night.

No, it is not only our fate but our business to lose innocence, and once we have lost that, it is futile to attempt a picnic in Eden.

Martha Stewart stuffed and roasted canaries and found they could no longer sing.

Sweat plus sacrifice equals success.

There was false propaganda by the administration that there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and that Al Qaeda was connected to Saddam Hussein.

No man is esteemed for gay garments but by fools and women.

Dangers bring fears, and fears more dangers bring.

There are few better measures of the concern a society has for its individual members and its own well being than the way it handles criminals.

The one unchangeable certainty is that nothing is unchangeable or certain.

One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you can't utter. -James Earl Jones.

She waits for me, my lady Earth, Smiles and waits and sighs; I'll say her nay, and hide away, Then take her by surprise.

Even a cursory glance at history should convince one that individual crimes committed for selfish motives play a quite insignificant part in the human tragedy, compared to the numbers massacred in unselfish loyalty to one's tribe, nation, dynasty, church, or political ideology, ad majorem gloriam dei. The emphasis is on unselfish. Excepting a small minority of mercenary or sadistic disposition, wars are not fought for personal gain, but out of loyalty and devotion to king, country or cause. Homicide committed for personal reasons is a statistical rarity in all cultures, including our own. Homicide for unselfish reasons, at the risk of one's own life, is the dominant phenomenon of history.

It takes a real storm in the average person's life to make him realize how much worrying he has done over the squalls.

Look upon the world as your enemy because only then the gifts it gives will give you immense pleasure.

Wynken, Blynken and Nod one night Sailed off in a wooden shoe-- Sailed on a river of crystal light Into a sea of dew.

The wavering multitude is divided into opposite factions.

Ah, March! we know thou art Kind-hearted, spite of ugly looks and threats, And, out of sight, art nursing April's violets!