Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.
We've had bad luck with our kids - they've all grown up.
Women have to summon up courage to fulfill dormant dreams.
There's no point in burying a hatchet if you're going to put up a marker on the site.
Eighty percent of success is showing up.
Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.
Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man.
Rise and rise again until lambs become lions
Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up.
Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.
Go higher and higher, until it becomes impossible to bring you down, I wanna use a microscope to locate you, don't even dream of coming down.
The most difficult thing about success is finding someone who would be happy for you.
A dame that knows the ropes isn't likely to get tied up.
Time's up for modern society.
Love takes up where knowledge leaves off.
I set up situations that involve abandoning control and finding out what happens.
It would be sad if the expertise built up during the 40 years of the U.S. and Russian manned programmes were allowed to dissipate. But abandoning the shuttle, and committing to new launch vehicles and propulsion systems, is actually a prerequisite for a vibrant manned programme.
When I was eight, my pals and I went up to my bedroom, put on our party frocks and mimed to ABBA records using broom handles as microphones.
At the point we finished 'Abbey Road,' the game was up. We all accepted that.
The desire to abdicate, to give up - for me, that's primal.