Indecision is like the stepchild: If he doesn't wash his hands, he is called dirty; if he does, he is wasting water.
Indecision is like the stepchild: if he doesn't wash his hands, he is called dirty; if he does, he is wasting the water.
A hug is like a boomerang - you get it back right away.
Christians, like slaves and soldiers, ask no questions.
The family is like the forest: if you are outside, it is dense; if you are inside, you see that each tree has its own position.
A coquettish woman is like a shadow -- as you chase her she runs away, and if you run away, she chases after you.
He alone is wise who can accommodate himself to all contingencies of life; but the fool contends, and struggling, like a swimmer, against the stream.
He alone is wise who can accommodate himself to all the contingencies of life; but the fool contends, and is struggling, like a swimmer, against the stream.
Marriage is like a besieged castle; those who are on the outside wish to get in; and those who are on the inside wish to get out.
A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools.
A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too bus to take care of his tools.
Whatever I learned, Whatever I knew, Seems like those faded years of childhood that flew, Away in some dilemma, Always in some confusion, The purpose of this life, Seems like an illusion!
He tries to force the anger down, but it's like an anvil on his chest. He closes his eyes, like Sammy taught him, and forces the anvil up; he softens.
I would say, if you like, that the party is like an out-moded mathematics...that is to say, the mathematics of Euclid. We need to invent a non-Euclidian mathematics with respect to political discipline.
She got a long pointed nose and big fleshy mouth. Lips look like black plum. Eyes big, glossy. Feverish. And mean. Like, sick as she is, if a snake cross her path, she kill it
I have never tried to walk through a mall in the Christmas season dressed like a jolly old elf. You might as well dress up like a pork chop and walk into an alley full of starving dogs.
The Good News does not hinge on words like do or change but on the powerless, irrelevant, and frightening words like belief and faith.
Our laws are like the software that runs our country. All the laws for a country, together, are called its legal code, just like computer software is written using code.
I’ve got a new friend, all right. But what a gamble friendship is! Charlotte is fierce, brutal, scheming, bloodthirsty—everything I don’t like. How can I learn to like her, even though she is pretty and, of course, clever?
The best way of keeping a low profile was to immerse himself in the mundane. Act like them, talk like them. A smile, a joke was all it took - at least during the day. The night was his own.
I didn't panic until my chest collapsed and I couldn't breathe. I gasped until I no longer had a throat to do it with. I didn't feel like I was holding my breath - it was more like I had no lungs.
