Freedom is the oxygen of the soul.

The fall of dropping water wears away the Stone.

Lucretius

Sweet in her green dell the flower of beauty slumbers, Lull'd by the faint breezes sighing through her hair; Sleeps she and hears not the melancholy numbers Breathed to my sad lute 'mid the lonely air.

George Darley

Knowledge which is divorced from justice, may be called cunning rather than wisdom.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

If the director says you can do better, particularly in a love scene, then it is rather embarrassing.

Julie Andrews

If only we could have talked to you, the hive-queen said in Ender's words. But since it could not be, we ask only this: that you remember us, not as enemies, but as a tragic sisters, changed into fol shape by fate or God or evolution. If we had kissed, it would have been the miracle to make us human in each other's eyes. Instead we killed each other. But still we welcome you now as guestfriends. Come into our home, daughters of Earth; dwell in our tunnels, harvest our fields; what we cannot do, you are now our hands to do for us. Blossom, trees;ripen, fields; be warm for them, suns; be fertile for them, planets:they are our adopted daughters, and they have come home.

Orson Scott Card

I could not accept the academic idea that the purpose of music was communication, because I noticed that when I conscientiously wrote something sad, people and critics were often apt to laugh. I determined to give up composition unless I could find a better reason for doing it than communication. I found this answer from Gira Sarabhai, an Indian singer and tabla player: The purpose of music is to sober and quiet the mind, thus making it susceptible to divine influences. I also found in the writings of Ananda K. Coomaraswammy that the responsibility of the artist is to imitate nature in her manner of operation. I became less disturbed and went back to work.http://www.newalbion.com/artists/cagej/autobiog.html

John Milton Cage, An Autobiograp

Love is patient; love is kindand envies no one.Love is never boastful, nor conceited, nor rude;never selfish, not quick to take offense.There is nothing love cannot face;there is no limit to its faith,its hope, and endurance.In a word, there are three thingsthat last forever: faith, hope, and love;but the greatest of them all is love.

Bible

It is obvious that 'obscenity' is not a term capable of exact legal definition in the practice of the Courts, it means 'anything that shocks the magistrate.'

Bertrand Russell

A child who has never fantasized about having other parents is seriously lacking in imagination.

Fred G. Gosman

Looking back, my life seems like one long obstacle race, with me as the chief obstacle.

Jack Paar

Fear is the enemy. I distrust it. Any feeling or decision I make that might be motivated by fear I quickly reassess.

Andrea Riseborough

It's great to be great, but it's greater to be human.

Will Rogers