It's a curious thing in American life that the most abject nonsense will be excused if the utterer can claim the sanction of religion. A country which forbids an established church by law is prey to any denomination. The best that can be said is that this is pluralism of a kind.

The truth was that he died from solitude, the enemy known but to few on this Earth, and whom only the simplest of us are fit to withstand. The brilliant Costaguanaro of the boulevards had died from solitude and want of faith in himself and others.

Joseph Conrad

A man trying to sell a blind horse always praises its feet.

Proverb

It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.

Warren Buffett

Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live.

Norman Cousins

Twenty children can never play together for twenty years

Michael Adelowo

Men cheat for the same reason that dogs lick their balls... because they can.

Kim Cattrall

Elected leaders who forget how they got there won't the next time.

Malcolm Stevenson Forbes

The mouth is made for communication, and nothing is more articulate than a kiss.

Jarod Kintz

Now that I'm staring down the barrel of the last act of my life, I'm less excited about control and solo effort, and I resent the way the business aspects interfere with my space for creative writing.

David Knopfler

I expect to pass through this world but once; any good thing therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now; let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.

Stephen Grellet, widely attribut

I'm very happy to hear that my work inspires writers and painters. It's the most beautiful compliment, the greatest reward. Art should always be an exchange.

Nick Cave

We must overact our part in some measure, in order to produce any effect at all.

William Hazlitt