ROBERT QUILLEN

Character is made by what you stand for;reputation by what you fall for.

Another difference between death and taxes is that you don't have to work like fury to pay for the dying you did last year.

Why are congressmen called public servants? You never see servants that anxious to keep their jobs.

Why wish for the privilege of living your past life again? You begin a new one every morning

The tragedy of ignorance is its complacency.

God give me the wisdom to see the truth however contrary to my established beliefs.

You aren't really old until nothing is fun enough to make you forget the weather.

The secret of a happy marriage is simple: Just keep on being as polite to one another as you are to your friends.

It's a great kindness to trust people with a secret. They feel so important while telling it.

The one word above all others that makes marriage successful is 'ours.'

There are glimpses of heaven to us in every act, or thought, or word, that raises us above ourselves.

If we wish to make a new world we have the material ready. The first one, too, was made out of chaos.

As we grow older, our bodies get shorter and our anecdotes longer.

Acting is not being emotional, but being able to express emotion.

If there be anything that can be called genius, it consists chiefly in ability to give that attention to a subject which keeps it steadily in the mind, till we have surveyed it accurately on all sides.

Great art is never produced for its own sake. It is too difficult to be worth the effort.

Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; argument an exchange of ignorance.

Another good reducing exercise consists in placing both hands against the table edge and pushing back.

Middle age: The time when you'll do anything to feel better, except give up what is hurting you.

Another difference between death and taxes is that you don't have to work like fury to pay for the dying you did last year.

It's a great kindness to trust people with a secret. They feel so important while telling it.

The one word above all others that makes marriage successful is 'ours.'

Why are congressmen called public servants? You never see servants that anxious to keep their jobs.

Why wish for the privilege of living your past life again? You begin a new one every morning

You aren't really old until nothing is fun enough to make you forget the weather.

Character is made by what you stand for;reputation by what you fall for.

The secret of a happy marriage is simple: Just keep on being as polite to one another as you are to your friends.

God give me the wisdom to see the truth however contrary to my established beliefs.

The tragedy of ignorance is its complacency.