Of course, music is an art form, and it's not all that competitive. But we don't ever intend to be the second-best band on a stage at any show.
Sexual attraction keeps throwing self-interest off course.
It's characteristic of democracy that majority rule is understood as being effective not only in politics but also in thinking. In thinking, of course, the majority is always wrong.
Life goes on. " What nonsense, I thought, of course it doesn't. It's death that goes on.
Sometimes you have to take the harder course of action.
I didn't cry at my father's funeral, and I felt guilty about that. Of course, he got sick not too long after he and I had had that final altercation, and I felt real guilty because of that, too. Then years later, one day, I was probably in my late twenties, early thirties, and I just broke down crying, because I finally got my father.
As a world view, Darwinism cannot of course be refuted, since Faith is, always has been, and always will be, stronger than facts
Sometimes you want to have a very productive Saturday to feel that you are in control of your life, which of course you are not.
The marvels of God are not brought forth from one's self. Rather, it is more like a chord, a sound that is played. The tone does not come out of the chord itself, but rather, through the touch of the musician. I am, of course, the lyre and harp of God's kindness.
Whoever fails to turn aside the ills of life by prudent forethought, must submit to fulfill the course of destiny.
Of course it's alright for librarians to smell of drink.
If you hit a bad shot, just tell yourself it is great to be alive, relaxing and walking around on a beautiful golf course. The next shot will be better.
I think it was the one thing I didn’t like about him or about guys in general: when a girl says she doesn’t want to talk about it, the truth is that she usually does. I wanted him to pry it out of me. Of course, I would’ve pretended to be a little angry that he didn’t just leave me alone, but eventually I would’ve told him, when I was tired of pretending.
Of course, the ideal scenario for parenting is obviously two parents of a mature age.
Of course mothers and daughters with strong personalities might see the world from very different points of view.
We have a group of friends of the museum who try to raise, if they can, periodically something to help us. Of course, the main thing about a building like this is its upkeep. It needs central heating and it needs central air conditioning.
Medicine was certainly intended to be a career. I wanted to become a psychiatrist, an adolescent ambition which, of course, is fulfilled by many psychiatrists.
But I suspect that all writers come up with premises of some kind, fragments of narrative or scenarios, in the course of a working week.
I am in an extended self-directed course of study. That is, I am in control of my own life.
Indulgence is emptiness. I have proved the limits of food and frivolity. There is no real fulfillment in meaningless rushes of pleasure. You try to conceal the emptiness with more extravagance, only to find the thrills becoming less satisfying and more fleeting. Most pleasures are best as a seasoning, not the main course. However you try to disguise it, you end up feeding without being nourished.