We are not won by arguments that we can analyze, but by tone and temper; by the manner, which is the man himself.

Pity the selfishness of lovers: it is brief, a forlorn hope; it is impossible.

Elizabeth Bowen

I inherited that calm from my father, who was a farmer. You sow, you wait for good or bad weather, you harvest, but working is something you always need to do.

Miguel Indurain

Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.

Mark Twain

And so today, my world it smiles,Your hand in mine, we walk the miles,Thanks to you it will be done,For you to me are the only one.

Led Zeppelin

Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

America is not a democracy, it's an absolute monarchy ruled by King Kid. In a nation of immigrants, the child is automatically more of an American than his parents. Americans regard children as what Mr. Hudson in Upstairs, Downstairs called betters. Aping their betters, American adults do their best to turn themselves into children. Puerility exercises droit de seigneur everywhere.

Florence King

Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.

Francis Bacon

Failing to find in women exactly the same kind of sexual emotions, as they find in themselves, men have concluded that there are none there at all.

Havelock Ellis

Well tended garden is better than a neglected wood lot.

Dixie Lee Ray

I think Ralph Nader is the biggest liar in American politics when he said it didn't matter who was president.

James Carville

the man in black travels with your soul in his pocket.

Stephen King

I don't take the movies seriously, and anyone who does is in for a headache.

Bette Davis