Nothing lowers the level of conversation more than raising the voice

Nothing lowers the level on conversation more than raising the voice.

Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting and autumn a mosaic of them all.

On Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell in His Girl Friday:

"These two simply appreciate one another more than either of them appreciates anyone else, and they would rather be appreciated by one another more than by anyone else. They just are at home with one another, whether or not they can ever live together under the same roof -- that is, ever find a roof they can live together under.

To have God speak to the heart is a majestic experience, an experience that people may miss if they monopolize the conversation and never pause to hear God's responses.

He strains his conversation through a cigar.