All things that God would have us do are hard for us to do--remember that--and hence, he oftener commands us than endeavours to persuade.
A general and a bit of shooting makes you forget your troubles. . . it takes your mind off the cost of living.
Failure at a task may be the result of having tackled it at the wrong time.
I saw a notice that said "Drink Canada Dry" and I've just started.
Other people's interruptions of your work are relatively insignificant compared with the countless times you interrupt yourself.
One drink is to many for me and a thousand not enough.
Scream at God if that's the only thing that will get results.
To conquer [our enemies] we must dare, and dare again, and dare for ever; and thus will France be saved
Cant you understand that romanticism is no more an enemy of science than mysticism is? In fact, romanticism and science are good for each other. The scientist keeps the romantic honest and the romantic keeps the scientist human.
Making art is complicated because the categories are always changing. You just have to make your own art, and whatever categories it falls into will come later.
I'm not good at standing on platforms and persuading people to my political point of view. Nor would I seek to. My gift is completely different. It's for presenting an imaginative version of the world which I hope people would recognize and be affected by.