Every moment of one's existence one is growing into more or retreating into less. One is always living a little more or dying a little bit.

Never were abilities so much below mediocrity so well rewarded; no, not when Caligulas horse was made Consul.

John Randolph

Save a boyfriend for a rainy day - and another, in case it doesn't rain.

Mae West

I went to the Bach Choir concert and heard Mozart's Requiem. I did not rise warmly to it. Then I heard an extract from Parsifal which I disliked very much. If Bach wriggles, Wagner writhes...

Samuel Butler, The NoteBooks of

The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.

Honore de Balzac

Always remember rule #6... don't take yourself so damn seriously

Ben and Rosamund Zander

Life ain't always beautiful, but it's a beautiful ride.

Gary Allan

There is no spot of ground, however arid, bare or ugly, that cannot be tamed into such a state as may give an impression of beauty and delight.

Gertrude Jekyll

The mug is a tool. My ace in the hole. To have looks is the bonus on top of what motivates me to be an actor. Not to realize they're an asset would be counterproductive to the cause; they serve the common good.

Billy Zane

A good servant is a real godsend, but truly this is a rare bird in the land.

Martin Luther

You know, I'm Australian, and we have got the worst sense of humor. We are cruel to each other.

Steve Irwin

Every neurosis is a primitive form of legal proceeding in which the accused carries on the prosecution, imposes judgment and executes the sentence: all to the end that someone else should not perform the same process.

Lionel Trilling

All nationalisms are at heart deeply concerned with names: with the most immaterial and original human invention. Those who dismiss names as a detail have never been displaced; but the peoples on the peripheries are always being displaced. That is why they insist upon their continuity -- their links with their dead and the unborn.

John Berger