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If men can develop weapons that are so terrifying as to make the thought of global war include almost a sentence for suicide, you would think that man's intelligence and his comprehension... would include also his ability to find a peaceful solution.

The higher Greek poetry did not make up fictitious plots; its business was to express the heroic saga, the myths.

I became interested in folk music because I had to make it somehow.

If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in a constant repair.

If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.

When you make as many speeches and you talk as much as I do and you get away from the text, it's always a possibility to get a few words tangled here and there.

City people make most of the fuss about the charms of country life.

Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend - or a meaningful day.

No man is offended by another man's admiration of the woman he loves; it is the woman only who can make it a torment.

Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.

I landed a job with Roger Corman. The job was to write the English dialogue for a Russian science fiction picture. I didn't speak any Russian. He didn't care whether I could understand what they were saying; he wanted me to make up dialogue.

Hush! Check those words. Do not cure ill with ill and make your pain still heavier than it is.

Ask yourself: Have you been kind today? Make kindness your daily modus operandi and change your world.

No one should be so naive as to think that wages among organized groups will not be increased, under pressure if necessary, to make up for increases in the cost-of-living, nor should anyone ordinarily object to such adjustments.

I never thought for a second that anything I ever did was going to make someone cringe. That never occurred to me.

Speak when you are angry - and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret.

I'm interested in what it means to live in America. I'm interested in the kind of country that we live in and leave our kids. I'm interested in trying to define what that country is. I got the chutzpa or whatever you want to say to believe that if I write a really good about it, it's going to make a difference.

You are doomed to make choices. This is life's greatest paradox.

Successful people make money. It's not that people who make money become successful, but that successful people attract money. They bring success to what they do.

The Second Amendment is a constitutional right. I didn't make it up, the Republican Party didn't make it up. It's in the Constitution. I think it's just as important as any of the other rights in our constitution.

If you really want to make a friend, go to someone's house and eat with him... the people who give you their food give you their heart.

It's all make believe, isn't it?

I'm sure a lot of people out there make mistakes.

Sorrow is a fruit. God does not make it grow on limbs too weak to bear it.

A young man who does not have what it takes to perform military service is not likely to have what it takes to make a living. Today's military rejects include tomorrow's hard-core unemployed.

In the beginning there was the word. The word was Jah. The word is in I, Jah is in I. I make what is good, better, and what is better, best. I follow this in every aspect of life.

It ain't easy to break out of a mold, but if you do your work, people will ultimately see what you're capable of. Too often, people find it easier to make assumptions and stick with what they believe. They put you in a place and it makes their job easier. The good people constantly search for something different.

I love the way in which I make up dances. It's a complicated way and the product is usually clear. Clear and simple. I don't need everybody to know that there are all of these fabulous things going on. If you CAN see it, that's wonderful.

I'd like to get four people who do cart wheels very good, and make a cart.

You cannot spend money in luxury without doing good to the poor. Nay, you do more good to them by spending it in luxury, than by giving it; for by spending it in luxury, you make them exert industry, whereas by giving it, you keep them idle.