"Those who do not feel pain seldom think that it is felt."
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"A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner."
"All envy is proportionate to desire; we are uneasy at the attainments of another, according as we think our own happiness would be advanced by the addition of that which he withholds from us."
"Sir, I think all Christians, whether Papists or Protestants, agree in the essential articles, and that their differences are trivial, and rather political than religious."
"The GOP of old has grown stale and moss-covered. I don't think we need to name any names, do we? Our party is encumbered by an inconsistent approach to freedom. The new GOP will need to embrace liberty in both the economic and the personal sphere."
"Any time someone tries to tell you that metadata is 'meaningless, don't worry, it's just who you call, it's just phone records, it's not a big deal' - realize we kill people based on metadata. So they must be pretty darn certain that they think they know something based on metadata."
"They say, 'To serve is to love,' and I think to serve is to heal, too."
"But I don't think of the future, or the past, I feast on the moment. This is the secret of happiness, but only reached now in middle age."
"Sometimes I think heaven must be one continuous unexhausted reading."
"I enjoy the spring more than the autumn now. One does, I think, as one gets older."
"Some people think this is paranoia, but it isn't. Paranoids only think everyone is out to get them. Wizards know it."
"My nature is to keep things inside. In time, I'll be comfortable stepping up when I think the team could use my input."
"Life with you was lovely—and when I say lovely, I mean doves and lilies, and velvet, and that soft pink ‘v’ in the middle and the way your tongue curved up to the long, lingering ‘l.’ Our life together was alliterative, and when I think of all the little things which will die, now that we cannot share them, I feel as if we were dead too."
"I believe it's important that we ensure that the police have a modern and flexible workforce. I think that's what is necessary, so that they can provide the public with the service that they want."
"I think that Ingersoll had all the attributes of a perfect man, and, in my opinion, no finer personality ever existed. Judging from the past, I cannot help thinking that the intention of the Supreme Intelligence that rules the world is to ultimately make such a type of man universal."
"Any sportswriter who thinks the world is no bigger than the outfield fence in not only a bad citizen, but also a lousy sportswriter."
"Cherish what is dearest while you have it near you, and wait not till it is far away. Blind and deaf that we are; oh, think, if thou yet love anybody living, wait not till death sweep down the paltry little dust clouds and dissonances of the moment, and all be made at last so mournfully clear and beautiful, when it is too late."
"He that has a great nose, thinks everybody is speaking of it."
"I love to sing. I don't think it's strange for singers to act, or painters to sculpt. I don't want to ever feel like I'm cornered into one expression of creativity because I'm successful at making films or being an actor. I guess it's best to not paint yourself into that corner."
"I love road trips, I love driving, I love finding little towns. I just think it's the best way to travel."