The construction of Europe is an art. It is the art of the possible.

Both mind and heart when given up to reveries and dreaminess, have a thousand avenues open for the entrance of evil.

Charles Simmons

HOW do you define a word without concrete meaning? To each his own, the saying goes, soWHYpush to attain an ideal state of being that no two random people will agree isWHERE you want to be? Faultless. Finished. Incomparable. People can never be these, and anyway,WHENdid creating a flawless facade become a more vital goal than learning to love the personWHOlives inside your skin? The outside belongs to others. Only you should decide for you -WHATis perfect.

Ellen Hopkins

I have three phobias which, could I mute them, would make my life as slick as a sonnet, but as dull as ditch water: I hate to go to bed, I hate to get up, and I hate to be alone.

Tallulah Bankhead

I'm part wood nymph. I require mountains and warm, dense patches of moss to thrive.

Vera Farmiga

For example, lead paint in old houses can be a greater threat to children's health than lead that may be under some industrial site where there are no children.

Fred Thompson

If architects want to strengthen a decrepit arch, they increase the load that is laid upon it, for thereby the parts are joined more firmly together. So, if therapists wish to foster their patients' mental health, they should not be afraid to increase that load through a reorientation toward the meaning of one's life.

Victor Frankl

Society is now one polished horde, formed of two mighty tribes, the Bores and Bored.

Lord (George Gordon) Byron

When things are easy, I hate it.

Ernest Shackleton

Live in the sunshine

Ralph Waldo Emerson

I'm an un-healable positive optimist.

Andre Rieu

A dramatic thing, the first time you stand up to your dad.

Lenny Kravitz

Formerly when great fortunes were only made in war, war was business; but now when great fortunes are only made by business: Business is war!

Christian Nevell Bovee