I have always believed that all things depended upon Fortune, and nothing upon ourselves.
The absent danger greater still appears less fears he who is near the thing he fears.
there are any heavens my mother will(all by herself)have one. It will not be a pansy heaven or a fragile heaven of lilies-of-the-valley but it will be a heaven of blackred roses my father will...
You can make an audience see nearly anything, if you yourself believe in it.
Happiness, I have discovered, is nearly always a rebound from hard work.
When you are forty, half of you belongs to the past... And when you are seventy, nearly all of you.
It is a great consolation for me to remember that the Lord, to whom I had drawn near in humble and child-like faith, has suffered and died for me, and that He will look on me in love and compassion.
There are nearly 200 countries and a population of over 6 billion in today's world. International affairs should be addressed by all countries through consultations rather than monopolised by a few...
We lost nearly three thousand brave souls and I expect ground zero will become the most visited site in North America.
The conception that, instead of this, contemporary society is at or near a turning point is very prominent in the views of a school of social scientists who, though they are still comparatively...
And I think that after nearly 85 years upon this planet that I have a right after working so hard at showing the desolation and the poverty, to show something beautiful for somebody as well.
It must be remembered that the sea is a great breeder of friendship. Two men who have known each other for twenty years find that twenty days at sea bring them nearer than ever they were before, or...
As our cities have developed, they've built sometimes small villages or communities that were in place. And we've taken for granted all of that child care, the neighbourliness, the help that you...
Murphy's miscellaneous laws: Keys dropped near an open elevator door will always fall down the crack.
Murphy's medicine laws: Any Ambulance, whether it is responding to a call or traveling to a Hospital, with Lights and Siren, will be totally ignored by all motorists, pedestrians, and dogs which...
Murphy's nurses laws: The patient furthest away from the nurses' station rings the call bell more often than the patient nearest to the nurses' station.
Murphy's cops laws: Any time you decide to do something, even slightly against the law, a police officer will just so happen to be near enough to see it happen.
Murphy's war laws: Near death, but still a live? There is nothing wrong with physics. God doesn't like you.
Murphy's war laws: Just because you have nearly impenetrable body armor and a hard-ass Kevlar helmet, doesn't mean you don't have exposed areas.
Murphy's general laws: Ants will always infest the nearest food cupboard.
Murphy's love laws: Marriage is like a dog with a bone, he might not touch it, just doesn't let another dogs come near it.