Quotes 481 till 500 of 561.
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Truth is neither alive nor dead; it just aggravates itself all the time.
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Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.
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Turkey is fine, but if I don't have the sides, forget about it. And cornbread stuffing is at the center of my plate. I will have about six sides and then a little bit of turkey and gravy.
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Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer.
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Virtue has never been as respectable as money.
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Wagner's music is better than it sounds.
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War talk by men who have been in a war is always interesting; whereas moon talk by a poet who has not been in the moon is likely to be dull.
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Warm summer sun, shine kindly here. Warm southern wind, blow softly here. Green sod above, lie light, lie light. Good night, dear Heart, Good night, good night.
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Water, taken in moderation, cannot hurt anybody.
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We aim above the mark to hit the mark.
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We all agree that pessimism is a mark of superior intellect.
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We are all alike, on the inside.
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We are always too busy for our children; we never give them the time or interest they deserve. We lavish gifts upon them; but the most precious gift, our personal association, which means so much to them, we give grudgingly.
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We are chameleons, and our partialities and prejudices change place with an easy and blessed facility, and we are soon wonted to the change and happy in it.
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We are discreet sheep; we wait to see how the drove is going, and then go with the drove.
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We had the sky up there, and we used to lay on our backs and look up at them, and discuss whether they was made or just happened.
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We have a criminal jury system which is superior to any in the world; and its efficiency is only marred by the difficulty of finding twelve men every day who don't know anything and can't read.
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We have not all had the good fortune to be ladies. We have not all been generals, or poets, or statesmen; but when the toast works down to the babies, we stand on common ground.
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We have not the reverent feeling for the rainbow that a savage has, because we know how it is made. We have lost as much as we gained by prying into that matter.
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