Men... are bettered and improved by trial, and refined out of broken hopes and blighted expectations.


Frederick W. Robertson

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I will never be the woman with the perfect hair, who can wear white and not spill on it.
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A stud is born! [Stanford]
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I don't believe in the Republican party or the Democratic party. I just believe in parties. [Samanth...
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Sometimes we need to stop analyzing the past, stop planning the future, stop figuring out precisely ...
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Honey, I've decided we're going to Louisiana.
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We'll have to find new accommodation tonight,
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It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But a...
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Politics doesn't make strange bedfellows, marriage does.
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I married beneath me. All women do.
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Some men are born with cold feet; some acquire cold feet; and some have cold feet thrust upon them.
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Want him to be more of a man? Try being more of a woman!
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Study to be quiet, and to do your own business. [1 Thessalonians 4:11].
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If variety is the spice of life, marriage is the big can of leftover Spam.
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Epperson's law: When a man says it's a silly, childish game, it's probably something his wife can be...
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In matrimony, to hesitate is sometimes to be saved.
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Marriage is like a violin. After the music is over, you still have the strings.
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Marriage is like a hot bath. Once you get used to it, it's not so hot.
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Marriage is a romance in which the hero dies in the first chapter.
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It's not as great a day for the bride as she thinks. She's not marrying the best man.
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He believes that marriage and a career don't mix. So after the wedding he plans to quit his job.
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All marriages are happy. It's living together afterwards that is difficult.
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A good marriage is like a casserole, only those responsible for it really know what goes in it.
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Marital Freedom: The liberty that allows a husband to do exactly that which his wife pleases.
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If ever two were one, then surely we. If ever man were loved by wife, then thee.
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Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother.
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I refuse to admit that I am more than 52, even if that makes my children illegitimate.
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Marriage is an adventure, like going to war.
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Women like silent men. They think they're listening.
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My wife organized the Jewish Women's Caucus boycott of Moses.. wait.. ! I am receiving a correction ...
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Mistress: Something between a mister and a mattress.
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She is not made to be the admiration of all, but the happiness of one.
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Woman was God's second mistake.
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The most happy marriage I can imagine to myself would be the union of a deaf man to a blind woman.
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It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of marriage.
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The woman who is known only through a man is known wrong.
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On one issue, at least, men and women agree; they both distrust women.
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If it's a woman, its caustic; if it's a man, it's authoritative. -Barbara Walters.
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A good cigar is as great a comfort to a man as a good cry is to a woman.
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There is nothing enduring in life for a woman except what she builds in a man's heart.
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They say that women talk too much. If you have worked in congress you know that the filibuster was i...
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When women go wrong, men go right after them. -Mae West.
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The society of women is the element of good manners.
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Some of us are becoming the men we wanted to marry.
PAULINE THOMASON
I don't worry about terrorism. I was married for two years.
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Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures.
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Bigamy is one way of avoiding the painful publicity of divorce and the expense of alimony.
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Is it better for a woman to marry a man who loves her than a man she loves.
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Never tell. Not if you love your wife... In fact, if your old lady walks in on you, deny it. Yeah. J...
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Ah Mozart! He was happily married - but his wife wasn't.
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A small family is soon provided for.
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Such a wife as I want... must be young, handsome I lay most stress upon a good shape, sensible a lit...
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An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.
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I require three things in a man: He must be handsome, ruthless, and stupid.
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Having a family is like having a bowling alley installed in your brain.
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He knows little, who will tell his wife all he knows.
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When a man brings his wife flowers for no reason, there's a reason.
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Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition. -Timothy Leary.
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When women go wrong, men go right after them.
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Are we a Christian nation now? It's doubtful. But did we start out as one? Without question.
PAT ROBERTSON
I like the wild characters. I like the idea of being a character actor without being a character act...
BRITT ROBERTSON
People go through periods when things are dark and cloudy, and they talk dark and cloudy.
ROBBIE ROBERTSON
He is the god of epiphanies—sudden spiritual manifestations—and of transformation, and there is ...
ROBIN ROBERTSON
Some years later, Zeus and Hera were arguing about who got more pleasure from sex: men or women. To ...
ROBIN ROBERTSON
Sense is nonsense to a fool.
ROBIN ROBERTSON
What we understand is that society must allow room for the irrational, in healthy balance with the r...
ROBIN ROBERTSON
I enjoy almost all of the game we kill. I only like to eat game that I have cleaned. I guess duck an...
PHIL ROBERTSON
You see George Clooney, and you think he's suave and handsome and really charming, but he's ...
BRITT ROBERTSON
It's about 50 percent more fuel-efficient than vehicles of today. It's totally clean. Absolutely zer...
BERNARD ROBERTSON
We make no attempt to try to run the vehicle on the electric motor,
BERNARD ROBERTSON
People won't pay exclusively for fuel economy, ... The way to get this car to market is to make trad...
BERNARD ROBERTSON
People won't pay exclusively for fuel economy. The way to get this car to market is to make trade-of...
BERNARD ROBERTSON
Cricket will go on and we have a match on Friday. I don't have any further comment to make.
BERNARD ROBERTSON
Is there in all the history of human folly a greater fool than a clergymen in politics?
PAT ROBERTSON
Do not suppose, however, that I intend to urge a diet of classics on anybody. I have seen such diets...
ROBERTSON DAVIES
Companies using electronic bill presentment generally achieve overall savings on their billing costs...
BETH ROBERTSON
After 9/11, families were looking for things to do together and fun that was closer to home, and tha...
BETH ROBERTSON
There are a lot of things in motion that will contribute to more bills being presented electronicall...
BETH ROBERTSON
One of the things we know is that this is a worldwide trend. It's not just in the United States.
BETH ROBERTSON
At this point, the market isn't that developed yet. Ten percent of all consumer bills will be presen...
BETH ROBERTSON
It was great, a fabulous year. It was different than any other market I've been through in 36 years....
BETH ROBERTSON
Companies using electronic bill presentment generally achieve overall savings on their billing costs...
BETH ROBERTSON
I'm not even a little bit talented at the red-carpet makeup thing, but recently I did learn how ...
BRITT ROBERTSON
I'm just really happy I can be a part of this.
ANN ROBERTSON
That was where we could be safe. Police could see us and we could see them.
ANN ROBERTSON
They were there more to control the city rather than rescue anyone.
ANN ROBERTSON
It's like we kind of screwed up.
ANN ROBERTSON
We learned a lot about ourselves today. There were a lot of positives that came out of today, and we...
AMY ROBERTSON
Our goal for both field hockey camps is to challenge the participants and to make sure that they hav...
AMY ROBERTSON
This is the best all-around field hockey class we have ever signed at Indiana. They possess a high l...
AMY ROBERTSON
We need to sharpen up our receiving and passing skills, and the indoor style will be a good environm...
AMY ROBERTSON
The album has a lot of true stories in there. We did three full tours last year, so there were a lot...
ALLISON ROBERTSON
It's very collaborative. We like to get everybody's opinion, just like we did we were in eighth grad...
ALLISON ROBERTSON