We go from Malachi to Matthew in one page of our scriptures, but that one piece of paper that separates the Old Testament from the New Testament represents 400 years of history - 400 years where there wasn't a prophet, 400 years where God's voice wasn't heard. And that silence was broken with the cry of a baby on Christmas night.

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Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties. — Jules Renard

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The supreme crime of the church to-day is that everywhere and in all its operations and influences it is on the side of sloth of mind; that it banishes brains, it sanctifies stupidity, it canonizes incompetence.

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A poem (surely someone has said this before) is a one-night stand, a short story a love affair, and a novel a marriage.

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Lies crushed day and night become truths.

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It is said that the darkest hour of the night comes just before the dawn.

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Fashion offers no greater challenge than finding what works for night without looking like you are wearing a costume.

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Some people ask the secret of our long marriage. We take time to go to a restaurant two times a week. A little candlelight, dinner, soft music and dancing. She goes Tuesdays, I go Fridays. _ Henny Youngman

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When you are failing, you are forced to be creative, to dig deep and think, night and day.

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I like the good life too much, I'm not good at going on stage night after night and on wet Wednesday afternoons. _ Anthony Hopkins

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