O. Henry Quotations

The true adventurer goes forth aimless and uncalculating to meet and greet unknown fate.

If men knew how women pass the time when they are alone, they'd never marry.

It brings up happy old days when I was only a farmer and not an agriculturist.

We may achieve climate, but weather is thrust upon us.

She plucked from my lapel the invisible strand of lint (the universal act of woman to proclaim ownership).

Bohemia is nothing more than the little country in which you do not live. If you try to obtain citizenship in it, at once the court and retinue pack the royal archives and treasure and move away beyond the hills.

There is one day that is ours. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American.

Whenever he saw a dollar in another man's hands he took it as a personal grudge, if he couldn't take it any other way.

It is said that love makes the world go 'round - the announcement lacks verification. It's wind from the dinner horn that does it.

A straw vote only shows which way the hot air blows.

East is East, and West is San Francisco, according to Californians. Californians are a race of people; they are not merely inhabitants of a State.

Turn up the lights. I don't want to go home in the dark.

Love and business and family and religion and art and patriotism are nothing but shadows of words when a man's starving!

Write what you like; there is no other rule.

Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.

By rights you're a king. If I was you, I'd call for a new deal.

When one loves one's Art no service seems too hard,

It couldn't have happened anywhere but in little old New York.

Inject a few raisins of conversation into the tasteless dough of existence.

By nature and doctrines I am addicted to the habit of discovering choice places wherein to feed.

It'll be a great place if they ever finish it.

It is almost the definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain

More and more people are going without coverage or with less coverage, and that trend looks like it's going to continue.

On the last match day in Europe France snatched a place in our World Cup.

I wish I could be taking golf right now. That's what I want to be working on when I get out, becoming a scratch golfer.

I was so done with this place. If you want to go out, you're going to the city.

if we don't protect them, we're not going to protect this country.

I guess if the higher-ups know (what the plan for the city is), the people on the bottom don't know.

My great-grandfather used to sell peanuts in the park. He'd deliver ice - anything to make ends meet.

Oh yeah, for sure. Just for our guys, really. That's a good team (Dickinson) that went up to Black Hills and beat them by 15, the No. 1 team in the conference, and we handled them in the second half. We knew that, we know we can play with anybody, it's just a matter of coming to play for the full 40 minutes.

Nature gave women too much power; the law gives them too little.

None so deaf as those that will not hear.

One of Jones' defining characteristics was his knowledge of the political levers on campus and his ability to manipulate them to cause real actions to be taken.

Of course I thought about leaving. I asked myself a lot of questions at Christmas time.

Of course I would have liked a little more carries. Unfortunately, it didn't work out that way. Chris only got (19). We didn't run the ball that much. It was good to be back, for the camaraderie. It's a good thing.

No free government, or the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue; and by a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles

No, I just thought I'd mention it to you people (the media).

Richard has been abusing things, bringing three to four classes and a camp down.

Never in my wildest dreams did I think this would happen.

I have done a sketch show almost every year since I started in 1975. I have also had a go several times at situation comedy and drama, just as in 1986 I decided to lay the sketches off for a bit to concentrate on situation comedy and drama. I am NOT giving up comedy. I love doing stand-up comedy and characters.

I have certainly made mistakes in the past by not being more assertive when bumps in the road appeared. Larry, Theo and other managers in the organization do not need me in order to excel at what they do, but I have a responsibility to ensure that divergent views and our overall direction lead to a better and stronger organization. We've averaged winning more than 95 games a year since we purchased the club. We've listened to the fans and improved the fan experience greatly. We have provided excitement during the season as well as the off-season.

I got off to a little bit of a rough start to say the least. There was a lot of excitement and adrenaline being my first opening day start. It reminded me of my high school basketball days when we used to bounce around in the locker room before a game. That was the feeling I had. It was fine once I settled down and let my defense work. It was back to the good old Henry.

I didn't change anything - I went out there with the same mentality (that inning).

Many of them came from our traditionally strong sources of guests. If people used to live in Chicago and always wanted to take a dude ranch vacation, and now they live in Colorado, they're still going to want to take a dude ranch vacation.

Lead, kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom,/ Lead thou me on;/ The night is dark, and I am far from home,/ Lead thou me on.

Leslie definitely had a great race, and so did Jackie. That's a good deal. I think New Mexico was represented very well there tonight.

Medicare is projected to run out of money in 2001. That date of fiscal insolvency can be put off for several years by relatively incremental and modest changes, but when the baby boomers start retiring, ... At that point, costs go up very rapidly, and more extensive action will be necessary.

Mounting the instructions like this is an excellent idea. I have seen this used in a number of plants for internally generated changeover, operation and maintenance Standard Operating Procedures, but I don't recall having seen any builders putting it on the machinery.

She really stepped it up and said enough of this.

(Selig) may have, in fact, saved the industry from itself by acting to limit debt.

She's not going to brag about herself. I'll guarantee you that. She really is somebody special.

She was struggling there for a couple of meets, and that's frustrating for her. I'm glad that she can qualify and get that out of the way. Maybe now that she's qualified, she can put that bar a little higher. We'll see what we can do.

She was the one. My grandmother taught my mom and the rest of us how to cook everything that we serve here.

We were brilliant defensively, but more importantly, we were not scared to play. You see that as soon as Arsenal is not scared to play, we can play good football.

We were consistently told - even on the last day - that it was going to take five years to sign Johnny. We weren't willing to do that. Our best offer was $40 million over four years.

I couldn't see Doug from where I was sitting.

I am really not fit enough for the 200m.

I can tell you now that U.S. forces, in all probability, will be engaged somewhere in the world in the next decade where they're not currently engaged. But I can't tell you with any resolution at all of where that might be, when that might be or how that might be, and that's indicative of the uncertainty that we face.

I can't remember any team in high school playing the wishbone. In fact, I can't remember ever playing against it.

Frank Gilbreth was a well-known time management expert. And he applied the same principles he used in his job to keep his family organized.

From the very beginning of the Great War steps were taken, on my instruction, to institute medical control of troops in North Africa.

Give credit where credit is due. Fargo South is a machine.

From December 2002 until the end of 2004 it was pretty much laughed out of the room,

From our perspective, we want to support the baseball classic but it's actually a plus for us he's coming here on March 1 and not going there, but we haven't asked him not to play. I think it's going to work out very well.

From a financial standpoint, it's meaningless. People can buy savings bonds now,

I feel responsible. What could I have done? There's plenty I could have done. I have to ask myself, maybe, if I'm not fit to be principal owner of the Boston Red Sox.

I expect an amazing atmosphere for the Irish team, and I know it won't be easy at all. I also expect typical commitment and desire. I think Ireland can play really good football.

If and when funding comes through, we're really ready to step forward with design and engineering.

Ian Wright is a legend, so to beat the record would be amazing. But I don't want to speak too soon because things in football can happen really quickly, so I just want to concentrate and keep scoring goals for my team.

But at the beginning of this year, once the ratings were in for the first three or four stations, the sceptics became apostles.

Bush's program has two components, one of which is real and immediate. The other, in football, would be called a Hail Mary pass.

Baseball has to address the disincentives created by large-scale transfers of revenue from successful clubs to less successful clubs. At high enough tax levels, the incentive is to invest somewhere other than in baseball.

Because of the long-term complications of cocaine use, we are looking at a healthcare time bomb,

Basically I stood back and let her do all the work. I was still on the sidelines and did administration stuff, but she did all the coaching and it freed me to concentrate and devote all my energy to the boys. It all worked out well.

Here in San Diego, we have proven that the border infrastructure system does indeed work. It is highly effective.

Here today you are helping veterans across the country. It makes me proud to be an American.

We are focused on doing what is right for the taxpayer. While many of the issues in the report are in the process of repair, I think it is clear that the elephant in the corner, the legacy of that era, is the extensive retained portfolio which ... in our judgment is something that presents systemic risks.

When I opened the front door, I had to shut it back and open it again. I had to do a double-take, because I didn't believe what I saw.

We think China is a growing regional power and we want to partner with them to manage their gradual rise.

We think China should have a military capability sufficient to meet its genuine security needs.

We sucked it up today. This is the ultimate.

We're playing really well right now, everything is starting to come together. Our pitchers are throwing well and with the confidence we have right now, we feel like every time we step on the field we're going to win.

We took 10 days off before starting practices again. It hurt our conditioning and all our players really got tired, but I think the break was a positive thing. Our kids carry a tough academic load in addition to playing basketball and they needed the time off.

I love being the hunter. I don't like being the hunted, I don't like the attention.

He was our last hope tonight to score points. We had some who didn't come through in the semis, and that put a lot of pressure on Matt. Give him credit. He stepped up.

He was just telling me that he saw the game and he wasn't going to have none of that, it's going back to them old days. We made each other better, going at it every day. I had a little trouble with him in college. He was real physical. He had trouble with me in college because of my size.

We may have to have a game among ourselves for those who have not had a lot of rugby.

I am going to cry when he steps down. Dennis deserves to win everything in the game because what he has shown, not only at Arsenal, but with Holland.

He is a top player and we will miss him - but we will also miss the man. Patrick isn't just anybody.

He had the artistic metempsychosis which is half drunk when sober and looks down on airships when stimulated.

Hold on, Libby is about to break my world record.

His presence alone, and the energy he brings to the defense makes us a whole lot better than last year, ... I just love seeing him and the rest of our defense running to the ball and blitzing like crazy. He's a special one. Even though he signed a big contract, he's always striving to get better. His leadership really adds something to this team.

He's a very generous person. He puts his money where his emotions are.

He's done a terrific job from day one. Being the general manager of a baseball team is a very difficult job. Theo gives it everything he has in a very determined measure and selfless way. And he does it with great intelligence, discipline, honesty and humility. His record of results speaks for itself.

I feel happy that I was chosen to attend the program. I am very excited about traveling to Washington, DC and hope that I will get to meet one of our Senators or Representatives.

If I owned Hell and Texas I would rent out Texas and live in Hell

I feel like I came out and ran the ball extremely hard.

What else can you expect from a town that's shut off from the world by the ocean on one side and New Jersey on the other?

This was one of the first to come in.

He came to us and wanted to buy billboards.