It's quite true I'm not drinking anymore; however, I'm not drinking any less either.
A man defines his standing at the court of chastity by his views of women.
We climb to heaven most often on the ruins of our cherished plans, finding our failures were successes.
A true teacher defends his students against his own personal influences.
That is a good book which is opened with expectation, and closed with delight and profit.
First find the man in yourself if you will inspire manliness in others.
Would Shakespeare and Raleigh have done their best, would that galaxy have shone so bright in the heavens had there been no Elizabeth on the throne?
We live in a material world. I'm not saying that beautiful things don't enhance our lives. But, in our culture, we're never happy.
I don't get particularly precious about things like this, though. Like the record company said, "We need a radio edit that delivers the hook" - I don't even know what they consider the hook in that song ["Oh No"] - "that delivers the hook sooner. " So I'm like, "Okay. I see that. " And they were all walking on eggshells, like is this going to be sacrilegious to me or something, to mess with this art I've created? And I'm like, "Great. I get to tinker with it, I get to mess with my song some more. "
Now I wonder if it means that the future is a place, or like a place, that I could go to; that is go to in some way other than just getting older.
The environment can actually affect gene expression.