Pastoral Resources

The flowery style is not unsuitable to public speeches or addresses, which amount only to compliment. The lighter beauties are in their place when there is nothing more solid to say; but the flowery style ought to be banished from a pleading, a sermon, or a didactic work.

The ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination.

The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination.

The art of government is to make two-thirds of a nation pay all it possibly can pay for the benefit of the other third.

Very learned women are to be found, in the same manner as female warriors; but they are seldom or ever inventors.

In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to another.

I hate women because they always know where things are.

Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets the best of the argument.

All the reasonings of men are not worth one sentiment of women.

An ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination.

Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter could be said to remedy anything.

History is full of really good stories. That's the main reason I got into this racket: I want to make the argument that history is interesting.

We thought we'd write a good script for women, giving them the fun roles that generally men get.

There hasn't been this much excitement since the Romans fed the Christians to the Lions.

And I can't tell you how many women from a certain age group - they would be in their 30s now, 20s and 30s - tell me about how I was their role model when they were young girls.

Anytime anybody impersonates you, it's a great compliment.

Ford, as I understand it, had done away with the concept of regional management, and now they've re-introduced that in Europe, so it's kind of a two-way street.

All this improvement is great, but all that does is get us in the game to play for improvements that we need in the future, so that we can be aggressive in the marketplace.

Wet Hot American Summer so far is a financial disappointment and money was lost on it. But perhaps it will find its audience in video, cable, etc, maybe over the course of years.

There's no life without humour. It can make the wonderful moments of life truly glorious, and it can make tragic moments bearable.