He drew the dagger and laid it on the table between them; a length of dragonbone and Valyrian steel, as sharp as the difference between right and wrong, between true and false, between life and death.

The Filipino embraces civilization and lives and thrives in every clime, in contact with every people.

Jose Rizal

The tartness of his face sours ripe grapes.

William Shakespeare

A lot of those little things that I really like doing are just moments of cool articulation, just little moments of phrasing that probably go over everybody's head.

Steve Vai

No student of Chinese history can say that the Chinese are incapable of religious experience, even when judged by the standards of medieval Europe or pious India.

Hu Shih

Tis after death that we measure men.

James Barron Hope

Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it and a man becomes famous because he has the proper stuff in him.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Oh! the snow, the beautiful snow,Filling the sky and earth below,Over the housetops, over the street,Over the heads of the people you meet.Dancing,Flirting,Skimming along.

Thomas J. Watson

Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.

Jane Austen

Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence.

Hal Borland

The man who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.

Elbert Hubbard

I don't regard myself as a great classical or jazz pianist. I like country music, but I'm not a great player. I just like music. Drums 'n' bass is pretty exciting and I'd love to explore it.

Keith Emerson

The first proof of a person's incapacity to achieve, is their endeavoring to fix the stigma of failure on others.

B. R. Hayden