The definition of marriage cannot be disputed. It's right there in black and white and it's been the same since the start of Wikipedia.

There exists, between people in love, a kind of capital held by each. This is not just a stock of affects or pleasure, but also the possibility of playing double or quits with the share you hold in the other's heart.

Jean Baudrillard

Stealing things is a glorious occupation, particularly in the art world.

Malcolm Mclaren

Stand upright, speak thy thoughts, declare

Lewis Morris

Loud laughter is the mirth of the mob, who are only pleased with silly things; for true Wit or good Sense never excited a laugh since the creation of the world. A man of parts and fashion is therefore often seen to smile, but never heard to laugh.

Lord Chesterfield, letter to his

If suffer we must, let's suffer on the heights.

Victor Hugo

If the Almighty himself played the violin, the credits would still read 'Rubinstein, God, and Piatigorsky', in that order.note: Whenever Heifetz played in trios with Arthur Rubinstein (piano) and Gregor Piatigorsky (cello), Rubinstein always got top billing.

Jascha Heifetz, "Los Angeles Tim

Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best; it removes all that is base.

General George Patton

I just don't see myself as a travel writer. I can't. I don't.

Robyn Davidson

God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures.

Francis Bacon

Rocket scientists agree that we have about reached the limit of our ability to travel in space using chemical rockets. To achieve anything near the speed of light we will need a new energy source and a new propellant. Nuclear fission is not an option.

Wilson Greatbatch

Technology may create a condition, but the questions are what do we do about ourselves. We better understand ourselves pretty clearly and we better find ways to like ourselves.

Herbert Simon

The friendship of Shostakovich cast a brilliant light over my whole life and whose spiritual qualities captured my soul once and for all time.

Galina Vishnevskaya