We may seek a fortune for no greater reason than to secure the respect and attention of people who would otherwise look straight through us.
Reasoned arguments and suggestions which make allowance for the full difficulties of the state of war that exists may help, and will always be listened to with respect and sympathy.
There is a secret pride in every human heart that revolts at tyranny. You may order and drive an individual, but you cannot make him respect you.
Whatever science and philosophy may do for mankind, the world can never outgrow its need of the simplicity that is in Christ.
Any act often repeated soon forms a habit; and habit allowed, steady gains in strength, At first it may be but as a spider's web, easily broken through, but if not resisted it soon binds us with chains of steel.
Success is an absurd, erratic thing. She arrives when one least expects her and after she has come may depart again almost because of a whim.
In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: They must be fit for it. They must not do too much of it. And they must have a sense of success in it.
The sharecropper may lower his eyes, but not because he's less of a man. That's just a condition of society that such things exist.
As in geology, so in social institutions, we may discover the causes of all past changes in the present invariable order of society.
What cultural DNA remains from those first Puritan forays onto American soil may be our love of a fresh start.
Divorce can be crazy. Man, if you're happy... Love is a beast, man. Hold on. Be prepared for any way it may go, and be honest.
Engineering producers who don't play and have technology as a background may be the reason why there's a lot of cold non-musical music, for lack of a better description.
In these days a man is nobody unless his biography is kept so far posted up that it may be ready for the national breakfast-table on the morning after his demise.
It seems to me madness to wake up in the morning and do something other than paint, considering that one may not wake up the following morning.
O! many a shaft, at random sent, Finds mark the archer little meant! And many a word, at random spoken, May soothe or wound a heart that's broken!
Men may feel just disempowered by intimacy, by being close to a woman, and also by feeling the tender feelings that they're ashamed of.
Blushing is thought to be linked to increased levels of norepinephrine in the brain, which may be associated with romantic feelings. It signals that we are interested and excited, which is attractive to men.
In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.
Despite the impression you may have from watching too much TV, movies are not about reproducing reality. They're about telling stories.
Jake Sully: [Narrating] There's no such thing as an ex-marine. You may be out, but you never lose the attitude.
Sweet words are like honey, a little may refresh, but too much gluts the stomach.
