Children wish fathers looked but with their eyes; fathers that children with their judgment looked; and either may be wrong.
When I do work, I feel the same sort of urgency as I ever did. If I didn't feel that, I don't think I would wish to be doing it. I wouldn't really see the point.
There is no doubt that now, more than ever, we must work to end our dependence on foreign oil sources. But we cannot do so by ignoring the wishes of the coastal communities that oppose drilling.
However much a president wishes it, a national problem cannot be knocked out with a single punch. A president must work with the problem as much as against it, turn it into a solution if she can.
Sure, things could always have been done better, but I just wish people would drop their political hammers for a few weeks, as happened in 2001, and work on the problem at hand.
The only defense is offense, which means that you have to kill more women and children more quickly than the enemy if you wish to save yourselves.
If we wish to substitute for war the settlement of disputes by justice, we must first substitute for the condition of international anarchy a condition of international order.
God is good, but not crazy.
Enough's as good as a feast.
It is good taste, and good taste alone, that possesses the power to sterilize and is always the first handicap to any creative functioning.
A little anger is a good thing if it isn't on your own behalf, if it's for others deserving of your anger, your empathy.
Good art in general aspires to something, as a good painting aspires to something, almost spiritual or holy.
If what you want to do is make good art, decide what's good and try to imitate it.
...and what is a good weapon but a good idea made murderous flesh?
Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.
Could it be that desire for a good thing has become a bad thing because that desire has become a ruling thing?
My congratulations to you, sir. Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.
Bed is a good friend; book is a good friend; night is a good friend. Try to bring them all together.
If you are only good to your loved ones, it doesn’t make you a good person.
Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable." Louisa May Alcott
You can’t make someone feel good about themselves until you feel good about yourself.
