Anyone who has the temerity to write about Jane Austen is aware of [two] facts: first, that of all great writers she is the most difficult to catch in the act of greatness; second, that there are twenty-five elderly gentlemen living in the neighbourhood of London who resent any slight upon her genius as if it were an insult to the chastity of their aunts.

Somebody said that it couldn't be done, But he with a chuckle repliedThat maybe it couldn't, but he would be oneWho wouldn't say so till he'd tried.So he buckled right in with the trace of a grinOn his face. If he worried he hid it.He started to sing as he tackled the thingThat couldn't be done, and he did it.

Edgar A. Guest, from It Couldn't

'Funny Games' was conceived as a provocation. My other films are different. If people feel my other films are, or respond to them as provocation, then that's quite different. 'Funny Games' is the only one of mine where my intention was to provoke the audience.

Michael Haneke

A story once went the rounds of Israel to the effect that Ben-Gurion described me as 'the only man' in his cabinet. What amused me about is that he (or whoever invented the story) thought that this was the greatest compliment that could be paid to a woman. I very much doubt that any man would have been flattered if I had said about him that he was the only woman in the government!

Golda Meir

The man who cannot endure to have his errors and shortcomings brought to the surface and made known, but tries to hide them, is unfit to walk the highway of truth.

James Allen

I hate the day, because it lendeth light To see all things, but not my love to see.

Edmund Spenser

There is but one study for me in life and that is of the human condition with its laboriousness in human frailty and its perfectly flawed existence. The evolutionary process of each journey is an exacting attempt to demonstrate meaning in one's life.

Julie Hardesty

It is better to be unfaithful than faithful without wanting to be.

Brigitte Bardot

The human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art.

Leonardo da Vinci

Sometimes you have to give up on people not because YOU don't care but because THEY don't.

AMAN KUMAR

Men employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.

Voltaire

Approach the game with no preset agendas and you'll probably come away surprised at your overall efforts.

Phil Jackson

Brands mature over time, like a marriage. The bond you feel with your spouse is different than when you first met each other. Excitement and discovery are replaced by comfort and depth.

Gary Vaynerchuk