Bugger Quotes

It was the experience of mystery

even if mixed with fear

that engendered religion.

Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel

that has crushed it.

Your attitude,

not your aptitude,

will determine your altitude.

If there is anything that a man can do well,

I say let him do it.

Give him a chance.

We think the Dred Scott decision is erroneous.

We know the court that made it has

often overruled its own decisions,

and we shall do what we can to have it overrule this.

With the fearful strain that is on me night and day,

if I did not laugh I should die.

We have listened too long to the courtly Muses of Europe.

As we look into the next century,

leaders will be those who empower others.

Principles are fine until you have to act on them.

Whatever has the nature of arising

has the nature of ceasing.

If the world was ending,

I think I would grab some Cinnamon Toast Crunch,

a bunch of water,

and I'd probably just...

I'd probably go crazy.

A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is

prepared for a master, and deserves one.

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

Once you make a decision,

the universe conspires to make it happen.

If you don't

give up,

no one can

beat you.

In 'Huckleberry Finn,'

I have drawn Tom Blankenship exactly as he was.

He was ignorant, unwashed,

insufficiently fed;

but he had as good a heart as ever any boy had.

I have discovered in life

that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go,

if you really want to go.

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow.

The shadow is what we think of it;

the tree is the real thing.

My wife can't cook at all.

She made chocolate mousse.

An antler got stuck in my throat.

Happiness is beneficial for the body,

but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind.