The husband who decides to surprise his wife is often very much surprised himself.
Gen. David Petraeus, commander of U.S. troops in Iraq, Afghanistan and at Centcom, is probably the most decorated officer of his generation.
A writer's definitive death is when no one reads his books anymore. That's the final death.
His modesty amounts to deformity.
The proper study of mankind is man in his relation to his deity.
After 1909, Monet drastically enlarged his brushstrokes, disintegrated his images, and broke through the taming constraints and delicacy of Impressionism for good. Nineteen gnarly paintings, starting in 1909 and carrying through his final seventeen years, finish off the notion that Monet went happily ever after into lily-land.
The one who adapts his policy to the times prospers, and likewise that the one whose policy clashes with the demands of the times does not.
Obama's stern demeanor punctuated by intermittent flashes of his wide, relaxing smile is his greatest weapon in defusing pent-up angst.
Reagan refused to demonize his foes. Instead he charmed them, with a few exceptions, including Tip O'Neill, the Democratic Speaker of the House and the embodiment of the liberalism Reagan sought to reverse.
His huff arrived and he departed in it.
Leo couldn't deliver Mr. Martin Scorsese his Oscar with 'The Aviator', but I will go on record to say I will do so in 'The Departed'.
Education is a weapon whose effects depend on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.
I don't think Ed Horman could be dishonest if his life depended on it.
Regardless of how deplorable Trump is, using violence and physical attacks against his supporters is unacceptable and grossly counterproductive.
Every sentence spoken by Napoleon, and every line of his writing, deserves reading, as it is the sense of France.
Man can hardly even recognize the devils of his own creation.
When George W. Bush picked Dick Cheney, it was a reassuring sign that the Texas governor would have an experienced, prudent voice at his side.
Dick Van Dyke spent most of his time setting everybody else up.
I did not write it. God wrote it. I merely did his dictation.
The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins.
