Wishing Happily Married Quotes & Sayings

He descended and came to a small basin of sea enclosed by the cliffs. Troy's nature freshened within him; he thought he would rest and bathe here before going farther. He undressed and plunged in. Inside the cove the water was uninteresting to a swimmer, being smooth as a pond, and to get a little of the ocean swell, Troy presently swam between the two projecting spurs of rock which formed the pillars of Hercules to this miniature Mediterranean. Unfortunately for Troy a current unknown to him existed outside, which, unimportant to craft of any burden, was awkward for a swimmer who might be taken in it unawares. Troy found himself carried to the left and then round in a swoop out to sea. — Thomas Hardy

Do not be concerned that you might set a target too high and fail. Be concerned that you will set it too low and succeed. — Michelangelo

President Obama contends that charges he is "not really an American" have been trumped up by you-know-who. — Michael R. Burch

Lower oil prices won't, by themselves, topple the mullahs in Iran. But it's significant that, historically, when oil prices have been low, Iranian reformers have been ascendant and radicals relatively subdued, and vice versa when prices have been high. — James Surowiecki

I put my heroes through hell... — Anna Erishkigal

The Brighton air used of old to make plain girls pretty and pretty girls prettier still - I don't know whether it works the spell now.
("Sir Edmund Orme") — Henry James

There are enough fossils showing distinctive features to rule out the possibility these are unusual or aberrant modern humans — Chris Stringer