So many times in the history of Mormon polygamy, the outside world thought it had the movement on the ropes only to see it flourish anew.
The U.S. is, so far as I know, the only nation which places such extensive reliance on the polygraph. It has gotten us into a lot of trouble.
When I became a 'rock musician,' I assumed pop music was easy to write and that interesting rock music, or alternative music, was hard. It was only later I realised that writing a pop song is the hardest thing musically.
The Pope, I hope, can only be scared by God.
The only thing that can ever make a Louisiana boy feel better is Popeye's.
A finite world can support only a finite population; therefore, population growth must eventually equal zero.
There are only two styles of portrait painting; the serious and the smirk.
I've coached in Holland, Portugal and Spain and not only won trophies each time, but taken sides to the latter stages of the Champions League.
From one till seven, when we moved to England, I spoke only Portuguese. But I can't speak a word of it now.
From 1 till 7, when we moved to England, I spoke only Portuguese.
We can only reason from what is; we can reason on actualities, but not on possibilities.
The future is called 'perhaps', which is the only possible thing to call the future. And the important thing is not to allow that to scare you.
To the mass of mankind - meaning also womankind - marriage may be the only possible thing; but to the individual, it may be the one thing impossible.
Of all Americans who have appeared on the nation's postage stamps, Ayn Rand is probably the only one to have thought that the United States government has no business delivering mail.
Meat reared on land matures relatively quickly, and it takes only a few pounds of plants to produce a pound of meat.
While I've written in the POV (point of view) of adolescent characters before... I never have had to create novels in which those characters not only drive the plot, but also are instrumental in resolving whatever issue the plot deals with.
Full-time workers earning the current federal minimum wage of $7.25 only earn about $14,500 a year in wages - below the poverty line for a family of two. That's unacceptable.
The only success worth one's powder was success in the line of one's idiosyncrasy... what was talent but the art of being completely whatever one happened to be?
I only aim at the powerful. When satire is aimed at the powerless, it is not only cruel - it's vulgar.
When satire is aimed at the powerless, it is not only cruel - it's vulgar.
