Every day one should at least hear one little song, read one good poem, see one fine painting and -- if at all possible -- speak a few sensible words.

In the first place, you can't see anything from a car.

ed abbey

My darling girl, Unfortunately this earth is not a fairy-land, but a struggle for life, perfectly natural and therefore extremely harsh. All the same, or precisely for this reason, it is happiness and comfort for us men to have a precious sweetheart -- and I have the most precious, the dearest and best of all!

Martin Bormann

To study in Paris is to be born in Paris!

Victor Hugo

The man who has done his level best... is a success, even though the world may write him down a failure.

B. C. Forbes

The grave's a fine and private place, but none, I think, do there embrace.

Andrew Marvell

I mean, I'm in the business of storytelling, not message making.

John le Carre

I'm not suggesting people abandon musical instruments and start playing their cars and apartments, but I do think the reign of music as a commodity made only by professionals might be winding down.

David Byrne

Marriage is like a hot bath. Once you get used to it, it's not so hot.

Source Unknown

I try to just communicate what I want done as clearly and simply as possible.

Dick Wolf

The truth, indeed, is something that mankind, for some mysterious reason, instinctively dislikes. Every man who tries to tell it is unpopular, and even when, by the sheer strength of his case, he prevails, he is put down as a scoundrel.

H. L. Mencken

When you affirm your own rightness in the universe, then you co-operate with others easily and automatically as part of your own nature. You, being yourself, helps others be themselves. Because you recognize your own uniqueness you will not need to dominate others, nor cringe before them

Jane Roberts

Ethnic prejudice has no place in sports, and baseball must recognize that truth if it is to maintain stature as a national game.

Branch Rickey