A sad Texan once prayed, "Lord, I wish you would make it rain - not so much for me, I've seen it - but for my 7-year-old.".

Goths are sort of like mimes with long hair and trenchcoats. Neat.

The Constitution in all its provisions looks to an indestructible union disposed of indestructible States.

See, here's a shadow found; the human nature Is made th' umbrella to the Deity, To catch the sunbeams of thy just Creator; Beneath this covert thou may'st safely lie.

And grasps the skirts of happy chance, And breasts the blows of circumstance.

Give me that man That is not passion's slave, and I will wear him In my heart's core, ay, in my heart of heart, As I do thee.

He believes that marriage and a career don't mix. So after the wedding he plans to quit his job.

We feel and know that we are eternal.

The Americans are poor haters in international affairs because of their innate feeling of superiority over all foreigners. An American's hatred for a fellow American...is far more virulent than any antipathy he can work up against foreigners...Should Americans begin to hate foreigners wholeheartedly, it will be an indication that they have lost confidence in their own way of life.

Banish plump Jack, and banish all the world. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 4.

Seek first to understand and then to be understood.

Measure your mind's height by the shade it casts.

Yet marked O where the bolt of Cupid fell. It fell upon a little western flower, Before milk-white, now purple with love's wound, And maidens call it love-in-idleness.

Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative.

shooter's bounce(basketball cliche).

I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great.

We do not want the men of another color for our brothers-in-law, but we do want them for our brothers.

Providence is a greater mystery than revelation. The state of our world is more humiliating to our reason than the doctrines of the Gospel. A reflecting Christian sees more to excite his astonishment, and to exercise his faith, in the state of things between Temple Bar [in Dublin] and St. Paul's [in London], than in what he reads from Genesis to Revelation.

A man who is attracted by your mental appearance loves you more than a man who is attracted by your physical appearance.

Born to be wild -- live to outgrow it.