A fine gentleman like that, they said, had no need of books. Let him leave books, they said, to the palsied or the dying. But worse was to come. For once the disease of reading has laid hold upon the system it weakens it so that it falls an easy prey to that other scourge which dwells in the ink pot and festers in the quill. The wretch takes to writing.

If complete and utter chaos was lightning, then he'd be the sort to stand on a hilltop in a thunderstorm wearing wet copper armour and shouting 'All gods are bastards!

Terry Pratchett

All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness.

Tennessee (Thomas Lanier) Willia

I think I am done with Wikipedia for the time being. But I have a secret hope. Someone recently proposed a Wikimorgue - a bin of broken dreams where all rejects could still be read, as long as they weren't libelous or otherwise illegal.

Nicholson Baker

I think I can work with any type of actor.

Ang Lee

True education flowers at the point when delight falls in love with responsibility.

Philip Pullman

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

Theodore Roosevelt

All I try to do is create an atmosphere that seems comfortable enough, that it removes tension and everyone feels free. If they feel free then behaviour happens, small moments happen and that's what ultimately works the best for me.

Barry Levinson

Forbear to mention what thou canst not praise.

Matthew Prior

There can be economy only where there is efficiency.

Benjamin Disraeli

Whoever shuts his ears at the cry of the poor, they also shall cry themselves, but not be heard.

Bible

The more I think about it, the more I realize there is nothing more artistic that to love others.

Vincent Van Gogh

The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.

Diogenes