I don't want marriage. You know why? Because I did that. I did it for 32 years.

I like his holiness very much, particularly since an order, which I understand he has lately given, that no more miracles shall be performed.

Lord (George Gordon) Byron

There's no money in poetry, but then there's no poetry in money, either.

Robert Graves

The higher mental development of woman, the less possible it is for her to meet a congenial male who will see in her, not only sex, but also the human being, the friend, the comrade and strong individuality, who cannot and ought not lose a single trait of her character.

Emma Goldman

The time I kill is killing me.

Mason Cooley

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

Henry David Thoreau

If you read about Mussolini or Stalin or some of these other great monsters of history, they were at it all the time, that they were getting up in the morning very early. They were physically very active. They didn't eat lunch.

A. N. Wilson

I actually love swimming but I just hate jumping in the water.

Natalie Coughlin

People who throw kisses are hopelessly lazy.

Bob Hope

They are not long, the days of wine and roses:Out of a misty dreamOur path emerges for a while, then closesWithin a dream.

Ernest Dowson

Private ownership of property is vital to both our freedom and our prosperity.

Cathy McMorris

I don't feel the need to direct. I tried to get other people to direct Dances, but they wouldn't do it. They all thought it was too long. One director wanted to cut the Civil War sequence. Another thought the white woman was very cliched.

Kevin Costner

The house has to please everyone, contrary to the work of art which does not. The work is a private matter for the artist. The house is not.

Adolf Loos