Although Salinger had long since cut me out of his life completely and made it plain that he had nothing but contempt for me, the thought of becoming the object of his wrath was more than I felt ready to take on.

I'm not going to limit myself just because people won't accept the fact that I can do something else.

Dolly Parton

When things come to the worse, they generally mend.

Susanna Moodie

I hate the day, because it lendeth light To see all things, but not my love to see.

Edmund Spenser

On the other hand, the waging of peace as a science, as an art, is in its infancy. But we can trace its growth, its steady progress, and the time will come when there will be particular individuals designated to assume responsibility for and leadership of this movement.

Fredrik Bajer

I'm the best there is, the best there was, and the best there ever will be.

Bret Hart

The fly that touches honey cannot use it's wings; so too the soul that clings to spiritual sweetness ruins it's freedom and hinders contemplation.

Ghose Aurobindo

How do they get the deer to cross at that yellow road sign?

Steven Wright

Even when I was a little kid, I always said I would be in the movies one day, and damned if I didn't make it.

Richard Pryor

I'll be glad to reply to or dodge your questions, depending on what I think will help our election most.

George H. W. Bush

It should here be added that poetry habitually takes the form of verse.

John Drinkwater

Try, try, try, and keep on trying is the rule that must be followed to become an expert in anything.

W. Clement Stone

One mustn't ask apple trees for oranges, France for sun, women for love, life for happiness.

Gustave Flaubert