It all goes back and back. To our mothers and fathers and theirs before them. We are puppets dancing on the strings of those who came before us, and one day our own children will take up our strings and dance on in our steads.

The fatal trait of the times is the divorce between religion and morality.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The human race tends to remember the abuses to which it has been subjected rather than the endearments. What's left of kisses? Wounds, however, leave scars.

Bertolt Brecht

Oh! this opponent, this collaborator against your will, whose notion of beauty always differs from yours and whose means are often too limited for active assistance to your intentions!

Alexander Alekhine

Possession without obligation to the object possessed approaches felicity.

George Meredith

If the Party could thrust its hand into the past and say of this or that event,

George Orwell

Epic poetry exhibits life in some great symbolic attitude. It cannot strictly be said to symbolize life itself, but always some manner of life.

Lascelles Abercrombie

All too often miners, and indeed other trade unionists, underestimate the economic strength they have.

Arthur Scargill

Brands mature over time, like a marriage. The bond you feel with your spouse is different than when you first met each other. Excitement and discovery are replaced by comfort and depth.

Gary Vaynerchuk

Obviously, I'm attracted to heavier movies.

Clive Owen

I wouldn't treat a romantic scene any differently than any other scene. I would really say the biggest preparation was chewing gum and breath mints! For a kissing scene, it's all about the breath mints!

Alice Englert

I'd love to do more action stuff, in the future.

Ashley Tisdale

Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.

Tacitus