Are parents always more ambitious for their children than they are for themselves?
Some clever children don’t discover how bright they are until after they’ve left school,’ continued Mr Holcombe, ‘and then spend the rest of their lives regretting the wasted years.
Pride has never been a virtue. There are some occasions on which it is wise to remain silent.
I'm not involved in politics any more and they're quite right.
If you've struck gold, why go in search of brass?
No, Mr Redmayne, not my tears. Although I've read that letter every day for the past eight months, those tears were not shed by me, but by the man who wrote them. He knew how much I loved him. We woul...
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The grandmothers decided on William’s eighth birthday that the time had come for the boy to learn the value of money. With this in mind, they allocated him one dollar a week as pocket money, but insis...
Some people standby you in your darkest hour while others walk away; only a select few march towards you and become even closer friends.
In any conversation, it's often something that seems quite insignificant at the time that gives you the piece of information you're looking for.
He was becoming aware that there was no such thing as over-the-top with Lawrence Davenport, as long as you were talking to Lawrence Davenport about Lawrence Davenport.
An unguarded comment often proves every bit as valuable as a response to a direct question.
You take care of the pennies, the pounds will take care of themselves.
We all suffer in our different ways from being prisoners of birth.
There are defining moments in one's life when you learn about yourself, and you deposit that knowledge in the experience account, so you can draw on it at some later date.
Then one morning she woke to find him sitting on the edge of the bed, staring at her. She blinked at him. ‘Is something wrong, darling?’ ‘No. I’m just looking at my greatest asset, and making sure I n...
Remember what Lyndon Johnson said about J. Edgar Hoover? I’d rather have him inside the tent pissing out than outside pissing in.
Like a blind man, unaware of race or religion, he quickly discovered that prejudice was often taught at the breakfast table.
It's one of the ironies of mountaineering,' said Young, 'that grown men are happy to spend months preparing for a climb, weeks rehearsing and honing their skills, and at least a day attempting to reac...
In the end, it all comes down to how you cope with the unforeseen.