The only athletic sport I ever mastered was backgammon.

Marriage is like wine. It is not be properly judged until the second glass.

He was so benevolent, so merciful a man that, in his mistaken passion, he would have held an umbrella over a duck in a shower of rain.

Religion's in the heart, not in the knees.

We love peace, but not peace at any price.

Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in strangers' gardens.

There is peace more destructive of the manhood of living man than war is destructive of his material body.

Love's like the measles - all the worse when it comes late in life.

Fortunes made in no time are like shirts made in no time; it's ten to one if they hang long together.

Some people are so fond of ill luck that they run halfway to meet it.

The only athletic sport I ever mastered was backgammon.

In this world truth can wait; she is used to it.

The surest way to hit a woman's heart is to take aim kneeling.

The best thing I know between France and England is the sea.

The sharp employ the sharp.

Self defense is the clearest of all laws and for this reason lawyers didnt make it.

To the true teacher times hour glass should still run gold dust.

The blackest of fluid is used as an agent to enlighten the world.

A pill that the present moment is daily bread to thousands.

If slander be a snake, it is a winged one, it flies as well as creeps.

After all there is something about a wedding-gown prettier than in any other gown in the world.

I don't have TiVo, and I actually don't watch a lot of TV, honestly.

I love my shed. It's my space and my mess - and I know where everything is.

I secretly think reality exists so we can speculate about it.

There are two births: the one when light, First strikes the new awakened sense; The other when two souls unite, And we must count our life from thence, When you loved me and I loved you, Then both of us were born anew.

Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.

The farmer has to be an optimist or he wouldn't still be a farmer.

I think women are vital to the future of the superhero comics and the entire industry - as creators, as editors, as consumers, as retailers.

I like to give back.

As I read more and more - and it was not all verse, by any means - my love for the real life of words increased until I knew that I must live with them and in them, always. I knew, in fact, that I must be a writer of words, and nothing else.

The name 'Reflect It Back' comes from the idea of not only giving back but also seeing yourself in someone else.

If a man made himself an expert in any particular branch of human activity, there would result the strong tendency that a peculiar aptitude towards the same branch would be found among some of his descendants.

I'd never imagined I'd become the ambassador of housewives.

My job is to create a film, where we are capturing truth in performances.

They were keen for me still to play the piano, which I was going to, but 45 minutes of piano would be extremely boring. I like a bit of light and shade.

Clinton had absolutely zero honeymoon, none whatsoever.

The Latter-day Saint woman who follows Christ is a true Christian in the very best sense of the word. She is a woman of faith who trusts God and is confident and fearless.

I'm obsessed with broccoli, carrots, celery, string beans, snap peas, black kale, brussels sprouts, cabbage - I could go on! They used to call me 'rabbit' when I was a kid. I hate mushrooms, though. I apologize to fungi lovers, but this way, there's more for you!

I didn't much like being in Parliament physically. I found it a bit depressing. It's very dark and heavy. I like being out and about.

Peace is that state in which fear of any kind is unknown.

The first step is the most important. It is the most crucial and the most effective as it will initiate the direction you have chosen.

Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.

I'm not the best singer - like, I know I'm not Celine Dion.

I was told that there's near on a million to one chance that I would be able to have children.

Some of the happiest times I ever saw my dad was times when I was with him in the casinos, and he had a good night.