Men... are bettered and improved by trial, and refined out of broken hopes and blighted expectations.


Frederick William Robertson

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Mistress: Something between a mister and a mattress.
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She is not made to be the admiration of all, but the happiness of one.
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Woman was God's second mistake.
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The woman who is known only through a man is known wrong.
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If it's a woman, its caustic; if it's a man, it's authoritative. -Barbara Walters.
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A good cigar is as great a comfort to a man as a good cry is to a woman.
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There is nothing enduring in life for a woman except what she builds in a man's heart.
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When women go wrong, men go right after them. -Mae West.
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The society of women is the element of good manners.
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I don't worry about terrorism. I was married for two years.
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A small family is soon provided for.
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An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.
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I do not 'get' ideas; ideas get me.
ROBERTSON DAVIES
Chuck Berry told me if it wasn't for Louis Jordan, he wouldn't have probably ever even got i...
ROBBIE ROBERTSON
I cite in my book countless examples of the foundational documents of the colonial period in America...
PAT ROBERTSON
Are we a Christian nation now? It's doubtful. But did we start out as one? Without question.
PAT ROBERTSON
I like the wild characters. I like the idea of being a character actor without being a character act...
BRITT ROBERTSON
People go through periods when things are dark and cloudy, and they talk dark and cloudy.
ROBBIE ROBERTSON
He is the god of epiphanies—sudden spiritual manifestations—and of transformation, and there is ...
ROBIN ROBERTSON
Some years later, Zeus and Hera were arguing about who got more pleasure from sex: men or women. To ...
ROBIN ROBERTSON
Sense is nonsense to a fool.
ROBIN ROBERTSON
What we understand is that society must allow room for the irrational, in healthy balance with the r...
ROBIN ROBERTSON
I enjoy almost all of the game we kill. I only like to eat game that I have cleaned. I guess duck an...
PHIL ROBERTSON
You see George Clooney, and you think he's suave and handsome and really charming, but he's ...
BRITT ROBERTSON
It's about 50 percent more fuel-efficient than vehicles of today. It's totally clean. Absolutely zer...
BERNARD ROBERTSON
We make no attempt to try to run the vehicle on the electric motor,
BERNARD ROBERTSON
People won't pay exclusively for fuel economy, ... The way to get this car to market is to make trad...
BERNARD ROBERTSON
People won't pay exclusively for fuel economy. The way to get this car to market is to make trade-of...
BERNARD ROBERTSON
Cricket will go on and we have a match on Friday. I don't have any further comment to make.
BERNARD ROBERTSON
Is there in all the history of human folly a greater fool than a clergymen in politics?
PAT ROBERTSON
Do not suppose, however, that I intend to urge a diet of classics on anybody. I have seen such diets...
ROBERTSON DAVIES
Companies using electronic bill presentment generally achieve overall savings on their billing costs...
BETH ROBERTSON
After 9/11, families were looking for things to do together and fun that was closer to home, and tha...
BETH ROBERTSON
There are a lot of things in motion that will contribute to more bills being presented electronicall...
BETH ROBERTSON
One of the things we know is that this is a worldwide trend. It's not just in the United States.
BETH ROBERTSON
At this point, the market isn't that developed yet. Ten percent of all consumer bills will be presen...
BETH ROBERTSON
It was great, a fabulous year. It was different than any other market I've been through in 36 years....
BETH ROBERTSON
Companies using electronic bill presentment generally achieve overall savings on their billing costs...
BETH ROBERTSON
I'm not even a little bit talented at the red-carpet makeup thing, but recently I did learn how ...
BRITT ROBERTSON
I'm just really happy I can be a part of this.
ANN ROBERTSON
That was where we could be safe. Police could see us and we could see them.
ANN ROBERTSON
They were there more to control the city rather than rescue anyone.
ANN ROBERTSON
It's like we kind of screwed up.
ANN ROBERTSON
We learned a lot about ourselves today. There were a lot of positives that came out of today, and we...
AMY ROBERTSON
Our goal for both field hockey camps is to challenge the participants and to make sure that they hav...
AMY ROBERTSON
This is the best all-around field hockey class we have ever signed at Indiana. They possess a high l...
AMY ROBERTSON
We need to sharpen up our receiving and passing skills, and the indoor style will be a good environm...
AMY ROBERTSON