God must love the common man, he made so many of them.

America was, to them, the place that good people went to when they died. They were prepared to believe just about anything could happen in America.

Neil Gaiman

I don't mean being famous is a perk, because one knows that it's not necessarily a perk, but there are certain perks to being well-known and respected in one's field. Public perks. Like, I don't know, general friendliness and willingness to please, just to point out two.

Emma Thompson

A man's feet must be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world.

George Santayana

Jealous, adj. Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if not worth keeping.

Ambrose Bierce

A good cook is like a sorceress who dispenses happiness.

Elsa Schiaparelli

Only perhaps in the United States, which alone of countries can do without governing,every man being at least able to live, and move off into the wilderness, let Congress jargon as it will,can such a form of so-called Government continue for any length of time to torment men with the semblance, when the indispensable substance is not there.

Thomas Carlyle

It is the most ungodly and dangerous business to abandon the certain and revealed will of God in order to search into the hidden mysteries of God

Martin Luther King Jr.

When men hear women want a commitment, they think it means commitment to a romantic relationship, but that's not it. It's a commitment to not floating around anymore. I want a guy who is entrenched in his own life. Entrenched is awesome.

Mindy Kaling

Por lo demás, la literatura no es otra cosa que un sueño dirigido.

Jorge Luis Borges

When I speak of 'cycles,' I am referring to lengthy intervals of relative homogeneity, if not in the resolving of problems, than at least with respect to the consistency of their capacity to productively irritate.

Brian Ferneyhough

Nobody could understand why a guy would love his guitar, then all of a sudden turn around and try to destroy it. Jimi was just different.

Bobby Womack

A mind grows by what it feeds on.

Josiah Gilbert Holland