Success in marriage does not come merely through finding the right mate, but through being the right mate. ~Barnett R. Brickner
A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person. ~Mignon McLaughlin
For I am my mother's daughter, and the drums of Africa still beat in my heart. ~Mary McLeod Bethune
It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passions, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace. ~Andre Gide, Journals, 13 September 1938
Faith is the bird that sings when the dawn is still dark. ~Rabindranath Tagore
The sun is bright and the powder bitchin'. ~Author Unknown
God forbid that India should ever take to industrialism after the manner of the west... keeping the world in chains. If our nation took to similar economic exploitation, it would strip the world bare like locusts. ~Mahatma Gandhi
Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon. ~Doug Larson Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon. ~Doug Larson
Labels? Okay, fine. I'm bisensual. Heteroflexible. And life-curious. That about covers it. ~Morgan Torva
Humor distorts nothing, and only false gods are laughed off their earthly pedestals. ~Agnes Repplier, Points of View
Men will always delight in a woman whose voice is lined with velvet. ~Brendan Francis
Human nature is just about the only nature some people experience. ~Abigail Charleson
The girls that are always easy on the eyes are never easy on the heart. ~Author Unknown
Fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity. ~Author Unknown
Nothing that is complete breathes. ~Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin
If you want to be respected by others the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you. ~Fyodor Dostoyevsky
A sister is a gift to the heart, a friend to the spirit, a golden thread to the meaning of life. ~Isadora James
Suicide is man's way of telling God, "You can't fire me - I quit." ~Bill Maher, on Politically Incorrect, 1995
My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She's ninety-three today and we don't know where the hell she is. ~Ellen DeGeneres
With people of only moderate ability modesty is mere honesty; but with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy. ~Arthur Schopenhauer
Getting married is a lot like getting into a tub of hot water. After you get used to it, it ain't so hot. ~Minnie Pearl
In the long run wives are to be paid in a peculiar coin - consideration for their feelings. As it usually turns out this is an enormous, unthinkable inflation few men will remit, or if they will, only with a sense of being overcharged. ~Elizabeth Hardwick, Seduction and Betrayal, 1974
I'm like King Midas in reverse, here. Everything I touch turns to shit. ~Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess, The Sopranos, "Isabella," original airdate 28 March 1999, spoken by the character Tony Soprano
For a list of all the ways technology has failed to improve the quality of life, please press three. ~Alice Kahn
