A man's desire for a son is usually nothing but the wish to duplicate himself in order that such a remarkable pattern may not be lost to the world.
I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I tell them the truth and they never believe me.
The man who trusts men will make fewer mistakes that he who distrusts them.
What scoundrels we would be if we did for ourselves what we are ready to do for Italy.
In a word, the free Church in a free State has been the programme which led me to my first efforts, and which I continue to regard as just and true, reasonable and practical, after the studies of thirty years.
In politics nothing is so absurd as rancor.
European lotteries are the tax on fools.
The horse could not do without Manhattan. It drew him like a magnet, like a vacuum, like oats, or a mare, or an open, never-ending, tree-lined road.
There can be no doubt that this possessive clinging to things is one of the most harmful habits in the [christian] life. Because it is so natural, it is rarely recognized for the evil that it is. But its outworkings are tragic.
You'll see a lot more blood in 'Saw' movies or something like that than you will in either of the 'Last House' movies. I kind of think it owes more to 'The Virgin Spring' which is the original source material, the Bergman movie.
Even before you step up to the ball, have a full battle plan for the hole worked out.