A good essay must have this permanent quality about it; it must draw its curtain round us, but it must be a curtain that shuts us in not out.

And I remind you of your mother now? I have got to look into a manlier cologne.

Cassandra Clare

The fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile intellectual superiority is a possession glorious and eternal.

Sallust

I'd rather wear jewels in my hair than anywhere else. The face should have the advantage of this brilliance.

Hedy Lamarr

Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.

Seneca (Seneca the Elder)

In Britain, by contrast, we still think that class plays a part in determining a person's life chances, so we're less inclined to celebrate success and less inclined to condemn failure. The upshot is that it's much easier to be a failure in Britain than it is in America.

Toby Young

Uncle Brett had a definite vision that he was after, I don't think having a famous father affected him much.

Kim Weston

An artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind theirs.

Edgard Varese

The British have a remarkable talent for keeping calm, even when there is no crisis.

Franklin P. Jones

I cannot live under pressures from patrons, let alone paint.

Michelangelo

I think a film set is a quite controlled environment and you feel like you can trust them and it is going to be a safe place to work, but I really don't think about it.

Orlando Bloom

The big thing is hydrating the day before the race. I will have 20 ounces of water right when I get up in the morning the day before, and I'll drink throughout the day.

Ryan Hall

So, in some ways, the political songs tend to be a bit more like reportage, whereas the love songs tend to be like novels, you can pick them up off the shelf and go into them any time.

Billy Bragg