I don't believe in God, but I'm afraid of Him.

I mean one of the things about being alone is that you've no people to define yourself off, I mean, people are like all-round mirrors, because let's face it, we don't often see ourselves all round in a mirror anyway, do we.

Diana Wynne Jones

There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man. It is by studying little things that we attain the great art of having as little misery and as much happiness as possible.

Samuel Johnson

Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinctions. No dignity, no learning, no force of character, can make any stand against good wit.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

To know is nothing at all; to imagine is everything.

Albert Einstein

Mr. Wickham is blessed with such happy manners as may ensure his making friends - whether he may be equally capable of retaining them is less certain.

Jane Austen

That doctrine of peace at any price has done more mischief than any I can well recall that have been afloat in this country. It has occasioned more wars than any of the most ruthless conquerors. It has disturbed and nearly destroyed that political equilibrium so necessary to the liberties and the welfare of the world.

Benjamin Disraeli

Did I really want to stay on this road longer, knowing it was only going to end in devastation?

Becca Fitzpatrick

Everything negative - pressure, challenges - is all an opportunity for me to rise.

Kobe Bryant

And then something invisible snapped insider her, and that which had come together commenced to fall apart.

John Green

Drink! for you know not whence you came nor why: drink! for you know not why you go, nor where.

Omar Khayyam

A full belly makes a dull brain

Benjamin Franklin

It's amazing how much of this is mental. Everybody's in good shape. Everybody knows how to ski. Everybody has good equipment. When it really boils down to it, it's who wants it the most, and who's the most confident on his skis.

Reggie Crist