Patience was not my strong point.

Man's enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself.

Lao Tzu

As more people use social media to tell the story of the future, the wants and needs of more people will be reflected.

Simon Mainwaring

I once saw a picture in the paper of John Hegley with 'poet' written on his knuckles, and I thought that was pretty cool, so I was quite up front about it.

Jon McGregor

Your joys and sorrows. You can never tell them. You cheapen the inside of yourself if you do tell them.

Greta Garbo

Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done.

Andy Rooney

The rich swell up with pride, the poor from hunger.

Sholom Aleichem

I think mine is the fullest and most plausible account of what went on in Marie Antoinette's life.

Antonia Fraser

Here is the same clock that walked quietly Through those enormous years I half recall,When between one blue summer and anotherTime seemed as many miles as round the world,And world a day, a moment or a mile,Or a sweet slope of grass edged with the sea,Or a new song to sing, or a tree dressed in gold

Judith Wright, The Moving Image,

In strife who inquires whether stratagem or courage was used?

Virgil

Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.

Douglas Adams, Last Chance to Se

I immediately felt so comfortable there. Or if not comfortable, at least willing to bear the discomforts because they fit the awkward places in my heart.

Orson Scott Card

Why so large a cost, having so short a lease, does thou upon your fading mansion spend?

William Shakespeare