Pastoral Resources

Courtship is to marriage, as a very witty prologue to a very dull play.

There is in true beauty, as in courage, something which narrow souls cannot dare to admire.

Marriage is a wonderful invention: then again, so is a bicycle repair kit.

Classical and romantic: private language of a family quarrel, a dead dispute over the distribution of emphasis between man and nature.

The last thing a woman will consent to discover in a man whom she loves, or on whom she simply depends, is want of courage.

The sea - this truth must be confessed - has no generosity. No display of manly qualities - courage, hardihood, endurance, faithfulness - has ever been known to touch its irresponsible consciousness of power.

Marriage is an exercise in torture.

The news today that Bush has vowed to veto any legislation that reviews the security implications of the Dubai Port World's potential management of our ports is ludicrous and the entire Democratic Party is calling him to task for it.

Even within the last three or four years, I have a greater ability to communicate, I think. I have more courage to show the stuff... And it does take courage.

Though language forms the preacher, 'Tis good works make the man.

Every day begins with an act of courage and hope: getting out of bed.

Middle age went by while I was mourning for my lost youth.

Language is the friendliest of the things from which we cannot escape.

Staid middle age loves the hurricane passions of opera.

All of the sports have a safety net, but boxing is the only sport that has none. So when the fighter is through, he is through. While he was fighting his management was very excited for him, but now that he is done, that management team is moving on.

He's one of those managers you'd give your left leg to play for.

The common faults of American language are an ambition of effect, a want of simplicity, and a turgid abuse of terms.

There are six components of wellness: proper weight and diet, proper exercise, breaking the smoking habit, control of alcohol, stress management and periodic exams.

Well, my wife and I were married in a toilet - it was a marriage of convenience!

I'm a little skeptical about using the Constitution this way, but I also believe marriage is between a man and a woman and that the courts shouldn't legislate this matter.