The first duty of a leader is to make himself be loved without courting love. To be loved without 'playing up' to anyone - even to himself.
It's not the hours you put in your work that counts, it's the work you put in the hours.
My father hated radio and could not wait for television to be invented so he could hate that too.
I like coincidences. They make me wonder about destiny, and whether free will is an illusion or just a matter of perspective. They let me speculate on the idea of some master plan that, from time to time, we're allowed to see out of the corner of our eye.
Any transition serious enough to alter your definition of self will require not just small adjustments in your way of living and thinking but a full-on metamorphosis.
The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one, particularly if he plays golf.
You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jellybeans.