The secret of getting ahead is getting started

Stars are good too. I wish I could get some to put in my hair. But I suppose I never can. You would be surprised to find how far off they are, for they do not look it. When they first showed last night I tried to knock some down with a pole, but it didn't reach, which astonished me. Then I tried clods till I was all tired out, but I never got one. I did make some close shots, for I saw the black blot of the clod sail right into thee midst of the golden clusters forty or fifty times, just barely missing them, and if I could've held out a little longer, maybe I could've got one.

It ain't those parts of the Bible that I can't understand that bother me, it is the parts that I do understand.

It is hopeless for the occasional visitor to try to keep up with Chicago-she outgrows his prophecies faster than he can make them. She is always a novelty; for she is never the Chicago you saw when you passed through the last time.

The worst thing you can do to a man is to tell him he can have what he wants.

He was sunshine most always-I mean he made it seem like good weather.

All you need is ignorance and confidence and the success is sure.