It has become necessary for me to have this woman, so as to save myself from the ridicule of being in love with her: for to what lengths will a man not be driven by thwarted desire?

She was beautiful, but her youth, the very awkwardness of her age, prevented her from flaunting it.

Richard J. O'Brien

I did not resign from politics because of Bofors. I resigned because I do not know how to play petty politics. I did not know back then and I don't know now either.

Amitabh Bachchan

Perfect numbers like perfect men are very rare.

Rene Descartes

The perfect normal person is rare in our civilization.

Karen Horney

Sticking with a marriage. That's true grit, man.

Jeff Bridges

I wouldn't think a blues album would be that commercially successful, but I don't really care. I'd do it for the love of blues, not for the money. I've got plenty of money.

Christine McVie

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.

Buddha

Perhaps one never seems so much at one's ease as when one has to play a part.

Oscar Wilde

Everything can be improved.

C. W. Barron

I, for one, am quite willing to join the 'forgive, forget and move on' crowd, but it does make me wonder if Evangelicals are going to sound believable when they say that they tend to vote Republican because of their religious commitments to the family.

Tony Campolo

My heart's with you, Bill, no matter how it turns out. My heart is with all of them, and I think that, even if we forget each other, we'll remember in our dreams.

Stephen King

The foundations of a strong economy don't rest alone on the decisions of Chancellors or the spending programmes of government.

George Osborne