Quotes
Quotes - Parker
As society advances the standard of poverty rises.
Remorse is the pain of sin.
I know that there are things that never have been funny, and never will be. And I know that ridicule may be a shield, but it is not a weapon.
But all's to no end, for the time will not mend Till the King enjoys his own again.
Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect.
Never throw mud. You may miss your mark, but you will have dirty hands.
I require only three things of a man. He must be handsome, ruthless and stupid.
It's not the tragedies that kill us, it's the messes.
Sorrow is tranquillity remembered in emotion.
We are a rebellious nation. Our whole history is treason; our blood was attained before we were born; our creeds were infidelity to the mother church; our constitution treason to our fatherland.
His voice was intimate as the rustle of sheets.
Her mind lives tidily, apart From cold and noise and pain, And bolts the door against her heart, Out wailing in the rain.
Stand your ground. Don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here.
Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words.
Yet, if he would, man cannot live all to this world. If not religious, he will be superstitious. IF he worship not the true God, he will have his idols.
