There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
He who allows himself to be insulted, deserves to be.
Sometimes God allows what he hates to accomplish what he loves.
Shock is a merciful condition. It allows you to get through disaster with a necessary distance between you and your feelings.
Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it and then move on.
If we were brought to trial for the crimes we have committed against ourselves, few would escape the gallows.
Love changes things; hope allows us to endure until the change arrives.
love is what moves the world, I've always thought...it is the only thing which allows men and women to stand in a world where gravity always seems to want to pull them down...bring them low...and make them crawl...
The future will erase everything—there’s no level of fame or genius that allows you to transcend oblivion. The infinite future makes that kind of mattering impossible.
Scandal is great entertainment because it allows people to feel contempt, a moral emotion that gives feeling of moral superiority while asking nothing in return.