why i love you so much quotes

The important thing today is not what we say of Lincoln but what Lincoln would say of us if he were here in this hour and could note the drift and tendency in American life and American politics. ~Stephen Samuel Wise



A man ought not never to get drunk above the neck. ~Author Unknown



Defining myself, as opposed to being defined by others, is one of the most difficult challenges I face. ~Carol Moseley-Braun



A fellow ought to save a few of the long evenings he spends with his girl till after they're married. ~Kin Hubbard



Henceforth I ask not good-fortune, I myself am good-fortune. ~Walt Whitman



I prefer a bike to a horse. The brakes are more easily checked. ~Lambert Jeffries



Modesty is the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it. ~Oliver Herford



I am getting old and the sign of old age is that I begin to philosophize and ponder over problems which should not be my concern at all. ~Jawaharlal Nehru



Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed. ~Mark Twain



The tassel's worth the hassle! ~Author Unknown



Lovers of air travel find it exhilarating to hang poised between the illusion of immortality and the fact of death. ~Alexander Chase, "Perspectives," 1966



Time is a physician that heals every grief. ~Diphilus



We don't give our criminals much punishment, but we sure give 'em plenty of publicity. ~Will Rogers



If you shut your door to all errors truth will be shut out. ~Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds, 1916



A lot of fellows nowadays have a B.A., M.D., or Ph.D. Unfortunately, they don't have a J.O.B. ~"Fats" Domino



Heaven is under our feet, as well as over our heads. ~Henry David Thoreau



It is better to be bold than too circumspect, because fortune is of a sex which likes not a tardy wooer and repulses all who are not ardent. ~Machiavelli



When they start the game, they don't yell, "Work ball." They say, "Play ball." ~Willie Stargell, 1981



Angels are all around us, all the time, in the very air we breathe. ~Quoted in The Angels' Little Instruction Book by Eileen Elias Freeman, 1994 Angels are all around us, all the time, in the very air we breathe. ~Quoted in The Angels' Little Instruction Book by Eileen Elias Freeman, 1994



We are wide-eyed in contemplating the possibility that life may exist elsewhere in the universe, but we wear blinders when contemplating the possibilities of life on earth. ~Norman Cousins