Lots of times you have to pretend to join a parade in which you're not really interested in order to get where you're going.

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We call a child's mind 'small' simply by habit; perhaps it is larger than ours...

We call a child's mind 'small' simply by habit; perhaps it is larger than ours...

Words are a commodity in which there is never any slump.

Words are a commodity in which there is never any slump.

I had a million questions to ask God: but when I met Him, they all...

I had a million questions to ask God: but when I met Him, they all...

Dancing is wonderful training for girls, it's the first way you learn to guess what...

Dancing is wonderful training for girls, it's the first way you learn to guess what...

All cities are mad: but the madness is gallant. All cities are beautiful: but the...

All cities are mad: but the madness is gallant. All cities are beautiful: but the...

In every man's heart there is a secret nerve that answers to the vibrations of...

In every man's heart there is a secret nerve that answers to the vibrations of...

Heavy hearts, like heavy clouds in the sky, are best relieved by the letting of...

Heavy hearts, like heavy clouds in the sky, are best relieved by the letting of...

Truth is the strong compost in which beauty may sometimes germinate

Truth is the strong compost in which beauty may sometimes germinate

Cleanliness is indeed next to godliness.

Cleanliness is indeed next to godliness.

All students can learn.

All students can learn.

New York, the nation's thyroid gland.

New York, the nation's thyroid gland.

We've had bad luck with children; they've all grown up

We've had bad luck with children; they've all grown up

A human being: an ingenious assembly of portable plumbing.

A human being: an ingenious assembly of portable plumbing.

Man, an ingenious assembly of portable plumbing.

Man, an ingenious assembly of portable plumbing.

He who does not believe that God is above all is either a fool or...

He who does not believe that God is above all is either a fool or...

If we discovered that we only had five minutes left to say all that we...

If we discovered that we only had five minutes left to say all that we...

We've had bad luck with children; they've all grown up

We've had bad luck with children; they've all grown up

The misfortunes hardest to bear are these which never came.

The misfortunes hardest to bear are these which never came.

Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting.

Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting.

People like to imagine that because all our mechanical equipment moves so much faster, that...

People like to imagine that because all our mechanical equipment moves so much faster, that...