We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat. They do not exist.

We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat. They do not exist.

The important thing is not what they think of me, but what I think of them.

An ugly baby is a very nasty object - and the prettiest is frightful.

“An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.” 

“Necessity is the mother of invention.” 

“A house that has a library in it has a soul.” 

I saved a girl from being attacked last night. I controlled myself.

I came from a real tough neighborhood. Why, every time I shut the window I hurt somebody's fingers.

Once I pulled a job, I was so stupid. I picked a guy's pocket on an airplane and made a run for it.

I came from a real tough neighborhood. Once a guy pulled a knife on me. I knew he wasn't a professional, the knife had butter on it.

The flower that smells the sweetest is shy and lowly.

“Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting...” 

Golf is a day spent in a round of strenuous idleness.

“A lake carries you into recesses of feeling otherwise impenetrable.” 

“Pictures deface walls more often than they decorate them.” 

“And homeless near a thousand homes I stood, And near a thousand tables pined and wanted food.” 

“Great God! I'd rather be a Pagan.... ” 

“To begin, begin.” 

“Come grow old with me. The best is yet to be.” 

“Rest and be thankful.” 

“The world is too much with us.” 

“But trailing clouds of glory do we come from God, who is our home.” 

“But trailing clouds of glory do we come from God, who is our home.”