My heart hath often been deeply afflicted under a feeling that the standard of pure righteousness is not lifted up to the people by us, as a society, in that clearness which it might have been, had we been as faithful as we ought to be to the teachings of Christ.

I've had two terrific relationships, but both ended in marriage.

Jane Seymour

Government workers often get a bad rap, but it's rare for them to receive much appreciation when government works.

Matthew Lesko

Every crisis offers you extra desired power.

William Moulton Marston

We worship not the Graces, nor the Parcae, but Fashion. She spins and weaves and cuts with full authority. The head monkey at Paris puts on a traveler's cap, and all the monkeys in America do the same.

Henry David Thoreau

I like writing for children. It seems to me that most people underestimate their understanding and the strength of their feelings and in my books for them I try to put this right.

Nina Bawden

Smith and Wesson or a Colt always beat four aces.

Proverb

No hour of life is lost that is spent in the saddle.

Winston Churchill

So I say a name, even if self-bestowed, is better than a number. In the register of the potter's field I shall soon have both. What wealth!

Ambrose Bierce

He who is in love with himself has at least this advantage -- he won't encounter many rivals.

G. C. (Georg Christoph) Lichtenb

Who needs a face when the masks in life are endless?

Diliana Ovtcharova

My dad is a bank president and my mom was an accountant and they didn't think that seeking the life of a freelance writer was very practical, you see. Of course, I was just as determined to do it.

Kevin J. Anderson

One thing about being famous is the people around you, you pay all their bills so they very rarely disagree with you because they want you to pick up the check.

Charles Barkley