Ignorance per se is not nearly as dangerous as ignorance of ignorance.
Gravity is a contributing factor in nearly 73 percent of all accidents involving falling objects.
What difference is there between us, save a restless dream that follows my soul but fears to come near you?
There are two sorts of curiosity - the momentary and the permanent. The momentary is concerned with the odd appearance on the surface of things. The permanent is attracted by the amazing and consecutive life that flows on beneath the surface of things.
Too many ads that try not to go over the reader's head end up beneath his notice.
The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begins by trying to beat you up. If this fails, they try to poison you. If this fails too, the finish by loading honors on your head.
Trying to sneak a fastball past Hank Aaron is like trying to sneak the sunrise past a rooster.
Many people take no care of their money till they come nearly to the end of it, and others do just the same with their time.
When you jump for joy, beware that no one moves the ground from beneath your feet.
Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open.
Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.
Slight not what's near through aiming at what's far.
After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.
I think the best pictures are often on the edges of any situation, I don't find photographing the situation nearly as interesting as photographing the edges.
And help us, this and every day, to live more nearly as we pray.
I married beneath me, all women do.