A decision is what a man makes when he can't find anybody to serve on a committee.

You have to kiss a lot of toads before you find a handsome prince.

There is no one subsists by himself alone.

Birth: The first and direst of all disasters.

We must free ourselves of the hope that the sea will ever rest. We must learn to sail in high winds.

Live TV died in the late 1950s, electronic bulletin boards came along in the mid-1980s, meaning there was about a 25-year gap when it was difficult to put your foot in your mouth and have people all across the country know about it.

Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.

The thing we long for, that we are For one transcendent moment.

Spring hangs her infant blossoms on the trees, Rock'd in the cradle of the western breeze.

Why should we break up Our snug and pleasant party? Time was made for slaves, But never for us so hearty.

I beseech you not to blame me if I be desirous to strike while the iron is hot.

The trick is to realize that after giving your best, there's nothing more to give.

Science when well digested is nothing but good sense and reason.

Beauty can't amuse you, but brainwork -- reading, writing, thinking--can.

Feast of Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 651 Commemoration of Cuthburga, Founding Abbess of Wimborne, c.725 Commemoration of John Bunyan, Spiritual Writer, 1688 Afflictions make the heart more deep, more experimental, more knowing and profound, and so, more able to hold, to contain, and beat more.

The miser is as much in want of what he has, as of what he has not.

I think it's unethical to take money for poor quality performance.

Learning without thought is labor lost.

A college education shows a man how little other people know.

The way you activate the seeds of your creation is by making choices about results you want to create. When you make a choice, you mobilize vast human energies and resources which otherwise go untapped. All too often people fail to focus their choices upon results and therefore their choices are ineffective. If you limit your choices only to what seems possible or reasonable, you disconnect yourself from what you truly want, and all that is left is a compromise.