“The State exists simply to promote and to protect the ordinary happiness of human beings in this life. A husband and wife chatting over a fire, a couple of friends having a game of darts in a pub, a man reading a book in his own room or digging in his own garden-that is what the State is there for. And unless they are helping to increase and prolong and protect such moments, all the laws, parliaments, armies, courts, police, economics, etc., are simply a waste of time.” MenHumansBookStatesMomentsHelpingLawReadingGamesHuman BeingsRoomsFireWifeCoupleProtectHusbandWasteOrdinaryEconomicsGardenIncreaseArmyPoliceCourtThis LifeEtcWasting TimeParliamentDiggingHusband And WifePubsChattingDarts Book:Mere Christianity Source: Mere Christianity
“Above the titles of wife and mother, which, although dear, are transitory and accidental, there is the title human being, which precedes and out-ranks every other.” HumansMotherHuman BeingsWifeDearTitlesTransitoryWives And Mothers Author:Mary Livermore
“The marriage relationship is one of God's creations for building up people. It gives husbands and wives the chance to minister to an immortal human being in a uniquely intimate fashion. To enjoy the meaningfulness of marriage, then, requires a once-made but ongoing commitment of mutual ministry to our mates and the more we seize them, the more meaning our marriage will have.” PeopleGivingHumansMadeEnjoyChanceHuman BeingsWifeFashionCreationBuildingHusbandCommitmentMinistersIntimateImmortalMutualMatesMinistryOngoingHusband And WifeBuilding UpGod's CreationMeaningfulness Author:Larry Crabb
“My wife has told me since that I was hungover every mornng until about two in the afternoon, and from five until midnight I was drunk out of my mind. So she says there was this period of about three hours when she could talk to me like a rational human being.” MindHumansTwoThreeHoursHuman BeingsFiveWifePeriodsMy WifeRationalDrunkAfternoonMidnightTalk To MeOf My Mind Author:Stephen King
“A small country town is not the place in which one would choose to quarrel with a wife; every human being in such places is a spy.” HumansCountryHuman BeingsWifeTownsSpyQuarrelsSmall Countries Author:Samuel Johnson
“People say, 'Why is he bored with her?' Because he's a human being, that's why; same way his wife is bored with him. That is marriage - anything that's supposed to be forever, your going to get bored with it. And there is nothing wrong with it, so don't take it personal; if you are with somebody for ten years and they are not bored with you? Then something is wrong with them.” PeopleIfsWayYearsHumansHuman BeingsForeverWifeTenSupposed To BeBored Author:Chris Rock
“I think I'm damn lucky. I'm lucky that my kids are all straight, that they haven't ended up in jail, that they're all worthwhile human beings, thank God. Their lives are happy; they have happy partners, wives, husbands.” ThinkingHumansKidsHuman BeingsWifeHavensLuckyHusbandPartnersDamnJailThank GodWorthwhile Author:Lauren Bacall
“I think of myself as a fairly decent human being and it gives me great pain to be considered for all the mean S.O.B.s that come along. I've played bird decapitators, puppy stranglers, woman beaters, wife poisoners, child molesters - every goddamn thing you can think of. It was quite scene there for a while. But I think the image is changing...I hope to God the old image is fading from people's minds.” PeopleThinkingGivingMindHumansMeanChildrenPainHuman BeingsWifeSceneBirdGive MeDecentPuppyFadingPoisoners Author:George C. Scott