Deception was an inherent trait of intelligent beings. Even his love, in her ample ardor, would weave him a guilty lie for his own good. And he treasured her just as well for those tales he was sure she'd already spun.

Never allow your own sorrow to absorb you, but seek out another to console, and you will find consolation.

J. C. Macaulay

The words of a dead man are modified in the guts of the living.

W. H. Auden

I think my best work is when I'm kind of in charge.

Chris Rock

The European talks of progress because by the aid of a few scientific discoveries he has established a society which has mistaken comfort for civilisation.

Benjamin Disraeli

If you took all the economists in the world and laid them end-to-end, they couldn't reach a conclusion

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I like learning new stuff, and continuing to educate myself as best I can.

Dominic Monaghan

Education begins at home and I applaud the parents who recognize that they - not someone else - must take responsibility to assure that their children are well educated.

Ernest Istook

You have absolutely no regard but yourself and your damned kicks. All you think about is what's hanging between your legs and how much money or fun you can get out of people and then you just throw them aside. Not only that but you're silly about it. It never occurs to you that life is serious and that there are people trying to make something decent out of it instead of just goofing all the time.

Jack Kerouac

Nobody understands another's sorrow, and nobody another's joy.

Franz Schubert

We must remember that politics is more than a power game. The core of politics in my view is to serve our citizens, to serve our fellow human beings.

Kjell Magne Bondevik

I have a lot of skepticism about marriage and monogamy.

Rashida Jones

I see the Beijing National Stadium as an architectural project. I accepted Herzog and De Meuron's invitation to collaborate on the design, and our proposal won the competition. From beginning to end, I stayed with the project. I am committed to fostering relationships between a city and its architecture.

Ai Weiwei