When they came it was as if the lord of the world had arrived, and had brought all the glories of its kingdoms along; and when they went they left a calm behind which was like the deep sleep which follows an orgy.

It is an altogether wrong idea that the modern product of civilization is less susceptible to love. I sometimes think it is the other way.

Henryk Sienkiewicz

My father was always a straight-up funny guy. He was silly. He was my inspiration.

Mike Myers

To talk about a relationship trivializes something that's nobody's business.

Jennifer Aniston

We're all outsiders in a way. We're all alone and can become very lonely.

Hugo Weaving

Preaching is heady wine. It is pleasant to tell people where they get off.

Sir Arnold Lunn

You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses.

Tom Wilson, Ziggy

The easiest way to be cheated is to believe yourself to be more cunning than others.

Pierre Charron

I have one friend that I've had since I was born, and she's from Coatzacoalcos. She's not really impressed or interested in the actor's life. My family isn't really either.

Salma Hayek

Failure to properly control our borders costs citizens in many ways: schools become overcrowded, medical resources are stretched too thin, other government services are overtaxed, and taxes increase further.

Zach Wamp

The sexy don't get wrinkles, they add love lines like a tree adds rings. So climb on them for the view.

Bauvard

Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things.

Edgar Degas

The 2004 presidential election will be a matter of life or death for the whole nation. We are sick today, and we will be even sicker tomorrow if this wretched half-bright swine of a president gets re-elected in November.

Hunter S. Thompson