You can't choose up sides on a round world.

We may remark in passing that to be blind and beloved may, in this world where nothing is perfect, be among the most strangely exquisite forms of happiness. The supreme happiness in life is the assurance of being loved; of being loved for oneself, ev

Victor Hugo

A calcined, scalped, rasped, scraped, flayed, broiled, powdered, leprous, blotched, mangy, grimy, parboiled country without trees, water, grass, fields ... it is infinitely liker hell than earth, and one looks for tails among the people.

Algernon Charles Swinburne, desc

If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.

George S. Patton

I am writing more than I have ever done. My life has come back to me in the most extraordinary way.

Andrew Motion

I'm a big fan of dreams. Unfortunately, dreams are our first casualty in life - people seem to give them up, quicker than anything, for a 'reality.'

Kevin Costner

We are but tenants and shortly the great landlord will give us notice that our lease has expired.

Joseph Jefferson

Show me a good loser and I will show you a loser.

Paul Newman

I don't think it should be a surprise when we're talking about energy and trying to have more home-grown energy, be less reliant on foreign oil when you look at our health care that we're trying to get more affordable health care, that these are going to create major debates in this country and be somewhat polarizing.

Amy Klobuchar

Don't be afraid your life will end; be afraid it will never begin.

Grace Hansen

I think I've earned a certain level of respect, based on my accomplishments and my consistency.

Curt Schilling

Theologian: But what is to love? Philosopher: To be delighted by the happiness of another.

Gottfried Leibniz

There's a fine line between stubbornness and the positive side of that, which is dogged determination.

Jeb Bush