Let a man walk ten miles steadily on a hot summer's day along a dusty English road, and he will soon discover why beer was invented.
There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds.
When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.
New roads; new ruts.
And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow.
This is all the inheritance I give to my dear family. The religion of Christ will give them one which will make them rich indeed.
Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined.
The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them.
Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!
Spargel inspiriert sanfte Gedanken.
My theory is to enjoy life, but the practice is against it.
Man is a gaming animal. He must always be trying to get the better in something or other.
My motto is: Contented with little, yet wishing for more.
I have had playmates, I have had companions; In my days of childhood, in my joyful school days - All, all are gone, the old familiar faces.
I hate to say it's not a Laker but Michael Jordan. He's been the greatest player I've ever seen. And I'm probably a harsh judge of talent in the sense that I admire players that are really good defensive players and really good offensive players.
You can't get much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good.
When it's time for me to walk away from something, I walk away from it. My mind, my body, my conscience tell me that enough is enough.
Fear of failure, it's the greatest motivational tool. It drives me and drives me and drives me.
I'm a Gemini. Know what that means? There are two very different sides to me.
A gentleman is any man who wouldn't hit a woman with his hat on.
I always have trouble remembering three things: faces, names, and - I can't remember what the third thing is.
I learned law so well, the day I graduated I sued the college, won the case, and got my tuition back.
I play a musical instrument a little, but only for my own amazement.
A conference is a gathering of people who singly can do nothing, but together can decide that nothing can be done.
I think there is a real misunderstanding about what the Tea Party movement is. The Tea Party movement is a sentiment in America that government is broken - both parties are to blame - and if we don't do something soon, this exceptional country will be lost, and it will become just like everybody else.
We don't need new taxes. We need new taxpayers, people that are gainfully employed, making money and paying into the tax system. And then we need a government that has the discipline to take that additional revenue and use it to pay down the debt and never grow it again.
We are special because we've been united not by a common race or ethnicity. We're bound together by common values. That family is the most important institution in society. That almighty God is the source of all we have.
America is not perfect. It took a bloody civil war to free over 4 million African Americans who lived enslaved. It took another hundred years after that before they achieved full equality under the law.
Der Amerikanische Traum ist ein Begriff, der oft genutzt, aber auch oft missverstanden wird. Es geht nicht darum, reich oder berühmt zu werden. Es geht um viel einfachere und fundamentalere Dinge,
And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers is always the first to be touch'd by the thorns.
And soon, too soon, we part with pain, To sail o'er silent seas again.
All that's bright must fade, The brightest still the fleetest; All that's sweet was made But to be lost when sweetest.
Though an angel should write, still 'tis devils must print.
From plants that wake when others sleep, from timid jasmine buds that keep their odour to themselves all day, but when the sunlight dies away let the delicious secret out to every breeze that roams about.
I'm just a natural flirt, but I don't see it in a sexual way. A lot of the time I'm like an overexcited puppy.
I love to have a bath with beautiful, relaxing music on and have no rush to do anything. It's a wonderful indulgence, and it helps me to calm down and stop my mind running overtime.
Ich bin mir sicher, dass es die Liebe gibt, sogar endlose, ewige Liebe.
I do quite naughty things now. I do like to be a bit sexy.
This is such a special summer holiday for me. I haven't known myself so relaxed in years.
Die Kunst der körperlichen Treue habe ich noch nie beherrscht.
Eine Befreiung. Ich kann heute mit einer Frau einschlafen, ohne Sex mit ihr zu haben.
Ein Single ist jemand, der gelernt hat, die Erfahrungen anderer zu berücksichtigen.
Die große Chance des Älterwerdens ist die, dass es einem Wurscht sein kann, was die Leute sagen.
Männer messen ihr Selbstwertgefühl sehr stark an ihrem Erfolg bei Frauen.
Ich hoffe, dass unsere Energiewirtschaft voran schreitet, so dass wir unsere Abhängigkeit von importiertem Öl reduzieren und gleichzeitig etwas für unsere Umwelt tun können.
John M. McHugh (als United States Secretary of the Army)
Einen Hügel hinab zu gehen ist einfacher als hoch zu steigen. Aber die beste Aussicht hat man von oben.
In the Armed Services Committee, we endeavored to put forth proposals that would help alleviate some of that stress, both for the troops and for their families.
Americans have an expectation that the Postal Service will abide by its well-known, although unofficial, motto - a commitment to deliver.
Throughout the history of our young nation, we have seen our military go bravely into battle, armed with courage and willing to make the ultimate sacrifice.
