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We've got this gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. You can't just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think it's going to get on by itself. You've got to keep watering it. You've got to really look after it and nurture it.

All the laws and legislation in the world will never heal this world like the loving hearts and arms of mothers and fathers. If every child could drift to sleep feeling wrapped in the love of their family - and God's love - this world would be a far more gentle and better place.

Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you've got to start young.

I didn't grow up with my mother, and so losing her for real was like, some sort of latent childhood, some sort of unresolved issue. When she left for real, it was sort of like, I was done.

Sweet are the uses of adversity which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in his head.

I have wondered at times what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the US Congress.

The man who looks for security, even in the mind, is like a man who would chop off his limbs in order to have artificial ones which will give him no pain or trouble.

What is a poet? An unhappy person who conceals profound anguish in his heart but whose lips are so formed that as sighs and cries pass over them they sound like beautiful music.

There was a while when I was feeling like, 'Damn, if I'd just been born black, I would not have to go through all this'.

Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it.

It is a strange trade that of advocacy. Your intellect, your highest heavenly gift is hung up in the shop window like a loaded pistol for sale.

I think we're having fun. I think our customers really like our products. And we're always trying to do better.

The more one does and sees and feels, the more one is able to do, and the more genuine may be one's appreciation of fundamental things like home, and love, and understanding companionship.

Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy.

Be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them.

Every day that is born into the world comes like a burst of music and rings the whole day through, and you make of it a dance, a dirge, or a life march, as you will.

A man must live like a great brilliant flame and burn as brightly as he can. In the end he burns out. But this is far better than a mean little flame.

I like Cinderella, I really do. She has a good work ethic. I appreciate a good, hard-working gal. And she likes shoes. The fairy tale is all about the shoe at the end, and I'm a big shoe girl.

Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.

I like friends who are honest and loyal. They also shouldn't be afraid to be a kid. I like having fun.

The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous.

You can never become rich unless you like rich people.

The generality of virtuous women are like hidden treasures, they are safe only because nobody has sought after them.

Football is like life - it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.

I like honesty and fair play.

Being divorced is like being hit by a Mack truck. If you live through it, you start looking very carefully to the right and to the left.

When The Muppet Show ended, we all sat around and said, what kind of television show would we like to do. We felt the need these days are for some quality children's programming.

Democracy is supposed to give you the feeling of choice, like Painkiller X and Painkiller Y. But they're both just aspirin.

I like pushing boundaries.

Dying is an art, like everything else. I do it exceptionally well. I do it so it feels like hell. I do it so it feels real. I guess you could say I've a call.