Americans love marriage too much. We rush into mariage with abandon, expecting a micro-Utopia on earth. We pile all our needs onto it, our expectations, neuroses, and hopes. In fact, we've made marriage into the panda bear of human social institutions: we've loved it to death.
I do all the better bears.
He who bears the brand of Cain shall rule the earth.
I can't bear Catholicism.
There is nothing constant in the universe. All ebb and flow, and every shape that's born, bears in its womb the seeds of change.
Whatever the theories may be of woman's dependence on man, in the supreme moments of her life he can not bear her burdens.
The guy behind the counter scratches his neck. “Are you being serious?” Her face is stoic. “Absolutely. I never kid about teddy bears.
Destiny bears us to our lot, and destiny is perhaps our own will.
Savage bears keep at peace with one another. [Lat. , Saevis inter se convenit ursis. ]
Each marriage bears the footprints of economic and cultural trends which originate far outside marriage.
They carried all they could bear, and then some, including a silent awe for the terrible power of the things they carried.
There will be consequences for this, he thought. You can't alter time and not be affected. But whatever the consequences are, I will bear them, because the alternative is too terrible. -Artemis Fowl, The Lost Colony
Every man bears the whole stamp of the human condition.
At 4, I joined a summer rec team called the Sugar Bears.
Nothing is more important than saving. . . the Lions, Tigers, Giraffes, Elephants, Froggies, Turtles, Apes, Raccoons, Beetles, Ants, Sharks, Bears, and, of course, the Squirrels. The humans? The planet does not need humans.
New happiness too must be learned to bear.
There are as many atoms in each molecule of your DNA as there are stars in the typical galaxy. This is true for dogs, and bears, and every living thing. We are, each of us, a little universe.
One reason we can hardly bear to remain silent is that it makes us feel so helpless. We are so accustomed to relying upon words to manage and control others. If we are silent, who will take control? God will take control, but we will never let him take control until we trust him. Silence is intimately related to trust.
You should not feel that your path is the only right path and that other paths are wrong. You mustn't bear malice toward others.
As we have borne the image of the earthy, let us also bear the image of the heavenly