A clean desk is a sign of a cluttered desk drawer.

That optimist of yours is always ready to turn hell's backyard into a play-ground.

Why is it that we rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral? It is because we are not the person involved.

If there is a God, he is a malign thug.

It was the most earnest ambition I ever had....Not that I ever really wanted to be a preacher, but because it never occurred to me that a preacher could be damned. It looked like a safe job.

It takes your enemy and your friend, working together, to hurt you to the heart: the one to slander you and the other to get the news to you.

It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech. Overnight success is a fallacy. It is preceded by a great deal of preparation. Ask any successful person how they came to this point in their lives, and they will have a story to tell.