Those who have happy homes seldom turn out badly.

Jackson was not a religious man when he came to Lexington.

Those who have happy homes seldom turn out badly.

Train our children to love God.

Let our children be taught love love love.

Faculty met, and after the usual business, some conversation was had about certain students being addicted to drinking, and it was reported that a citizen of the village had informed a member of the Faculty that there was a good deal of drinking this term among the students.

There was a nuisance in the service known as the army correspondent.

Jackson, however, persevered. He joined the Franklin Debating Society, an institution that had been in existence over fifty years, and had enrolled in its membership some of the ablest men in Virginia.

As the knight of the quill never ventured into the fight, and only snuffed the battle afar, he knew nothing accurately of battles, but managed to pick up a few real or supposed incidents from the wounded and from stragglers.

Jackson went from the professor's chair to the officer's saddle. He carried with him the very elements of character which made him odious as a teacher; but I never saw him in an arbitrary mood.

Our gloomy Presbyterian ideas encourage fear of God, not love for him.

But the admiration for Jackson was by no means confined to his own soldiers and to his own section.

I trust myself. I trust my instincts. I know what I'm gonna do, what I can do, what I can't do. I've been through a lot, and I could go through more, but I hope I don't have to. But if I did, I'd be able to do it. I'm not going to enjoy dying, but there's not much prep for that.

I don't remember ever not singing. My mother loved music, and she taught me songs, country music, spirituals. I would sing for people and pass the hat when I was 4.

Many things are possible for the person who has hope. Even more is possible for the person who has faith. And still more is possible for the person who knows how to love. But everything is possible for the person who practices all three virtues.

You know, one of the only times I ever wrote about art was the obituary of Warhol that I did for the Village Voice.

I was in love with a lot of people, because I was a student of the game of comedy - Carol Burnett, Jack Benny, Red Skelton, Jackie Gleason, Don Rickles, Red Foxx, Moms Mabley - who gets no credit, Richard Pryor, Bill Cosby, George Kirby. I loved them all, and I used to just take a page out of all of them.

I was a good 30 pounds overweight throughout high school, and it wasn't until I was going away to college that I really wanted to make sure I was doing everything possible to feel as confident as I could.

The flow of people into the United States into slavery, it follows the other types of immigration into the United States, so people who are trying to build new lives, trying to build a better life.

The courage of a soldier is heightened by his knowledge of his profession.

When they made 'Rocky Horror' in the '70s, they had no idea it would become this 41-year phenomenon that it has become.

When you know what the male species is looking for - 'I'm not into a redhead,' 'I don't want a fat chick,' - I have to tell them that X won't date you unless you're this. I'm just the messenger.

There is a need for more effective dialogue... between the government and the international community.

Neither a borrower nor a lender be.

I am a big foodie, so much so that I eat in every half an hour. This is the secret of my glowing skin.

Whenever, at a party, I have been in the mood to study fools, I have always looked for a great beauty: they always gather round her like flies around a fruit stall.

If you make a decision to fight for future of your own country you have to consider all the consequences.

If you don't belong somewhere, that outsider status you have gives you perspective. Of course, another word for outsider is 'exile,' and that's not fun at all.

I've been a big Bob Marley fan forever. Forever. Like big, huge. Bob Marley and the Beatles, that's my big, giant music influence. I can listen to them all the time.

The only genre I have any problem with is musicals, but that's just my own tastes it's nothing to do with the films.

Im always on the go. I love doing things until I hit rock bottom. Then I need my 12 hours of sleep and Im on the go again.

A family is a place where minds come in contact with one another.

There's no statistical evidence that human beings have an ability to move in and out of the markets effectively. It's next to impossible.

Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.

There is no higher value in our society than integrity.

Having been an actor and a writer for so long - 20 years or so - I felt that it would be daft to go to one's grave without having directed. It's a natural extension of writing and acting, and so I knew it would happen one day.