Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.
It seems sensible to me that we should look to the medical profession that over the centuries has helped us to live longer and healthier lives to help us die peacefully among our loved ones in our own home without a long stay in God's waiting room.
Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.
Love begins by taking care of the closest ones - the ones at home.
If you accept the expectations of others especially negative ones then you never will change the outcome.
Always be nice to your children because they are the ones who will choose your rest home.
Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.
Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get caught.
Good-looking individuals are treated better than homely ones in virtually every social situation from dating to trial by jury.
I've dated men my age younger than me and older. The only difference is the young ones are quicker at taking out the garbage.
Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.
Women have always been the strong ones of the world. The men are always seeking from women a little pillow to put their heads down on. They are always longing for the mother who held them as infants.
We all write poems; it is simply that poets are the ones who write in words.
I would like to see more airplay for all artists no matter what age. I think there's a lot of money being spent toward the young guys but a lot of the older guys are the ones who blazed the trail for those young guys.
A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice.
Last year my boyfriend gave me a painting - a very personal one. I really prefer personal gifts or ones made by someone for me. Except diamonds. That's the exception to the rule.
Fishes live in the sea as men do a-land; the great ones eat up the little ones.
Good-looking individuals are treated better than homely ones in virtually every social situation from dating to trial by jury.
Experience taught me a few things. One is to listen to your gut no matter how good something sounds on paper. The second is that you're generally better off sticking with what you know. And the third is that sometimes your best investments are the ones you don't make.
I do not bring forgiveness with me nor forgetfulness. The only ones who can forgive are dead; the living have no right to forget.