A thousand times more crimes have been committed in the name of love than in the name of hate...
In the end, each of us is alone, but in the meantime, we must all huddle together to give one another comfort and warmth.
God will never throw anything at you that you can’t handle. Just take it one step at a time.
If we want a spaceship built or the distance of a star measured, we call in the experts. But when we want something really important done, we collect twelve ordinary folks to do it. As I recall, the founder of Christianity did the same thing.
Each manager sees his own division as the center of the world, and that’s as it should be. But someone has to have an overall view and decide what’s best for the company.
My ancestors survived famine and plagues and floods, and I’m going to survive this.
There is a theory that nothing in nature is ever lost – that every sound ever made, every word ever spoken, still exists somewhere in space and time and may one day be recalled.
Everything passes. Nothing is forever. Least of all love. Cameron.
But a comedian is naked. His only weapon was his wit.
How long a honeymoon are you planning?” Mrs. Stanhope inquired. “About fifty years,” Charles replied.
We’re brought up to expect a happy ending. But there are no happy endings. There’s only death waiting for us. We find love and happiness, and it’s snatched away from us without rhyme or reason. We’re on a deserted space ship careening mindlessly among the stars. The world is Dachau, and we’re all Jews.
She had found that men who were outstandingly handsome were either monumentally stupid or unbearably dull.
Paul Martin took his marriage vows seriously. For instance, he would never have dreamed of dishonouring his wife by taking her and his mistress to the same restaurant. His marriage was one part of his life, his affairs were another.
It’s indecent for anyone to be this happy, Tracy Whitney thought.
When you’re trying to hide something,’ Paul Martin advised, ’always do it out in the open. Then no one will believe you’re doing anything wrong.
He was like a sponge, erasing the past, soaking up the future.
You must understand something, Mr Thompson. What I do has nothing to do with the money or the bricks and steel that make a building. It’s the people who matter. I’m able to give them a comfortable place to work or to live, a place where they can raise families and have decent lives. That’s what was important to my father, and it became important to me.
Men were handy to have around, when required. They were not particularly intelligent, but they could be taught to fetch and light cigarettes, run errands, open doors and give satisfaction in bed. They made excellent pets, dressed and bathed themselves and were toilet-trained. An amusing species.
There was an old Hungarian proverb: ‘Only a fool rushes bad news.
Fate will find you. You don’t have to go looking for it.