How hard to realize that every camp of men or beast has this glorious starry firmament for a roof! In such places standing alone on the mountaintop it is easy to realize that whatever special nests we make---leaves and moss like the marmots and birds, or tents or piled stone---we all dwell in a house of one room---the world with a firmament for its roof---and are sailing the celestial spaces without leaving any track.

He has the common feeling of his profession. He enjoys a statement twice as much if it appears in fine print, and anything that turns up in a footnote... takes on the character of divine revelation.

Margaret Halsey

What would have been the fate of sages if there were no fools?

Ogwo David Emenike

The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.

Tom Clancy

Allowing children to show their guilt, show their grief, show their anger, takes the sting out of the situation.

Martha Beck

a person that started in to carry a cat home by the tail was gitting knowledge that was always going to be useful to him, and warn't ever going to grow dim or doubtful.

Mark Twain

Let your rule in reference to your social desires be this. Pray for the bad, pity the weak, enjoy the good, and reverence both the great and the small, as each playing their part in the divine symphony of the universe.

Professor Blackie

I've spent lots of time in London, I studied in London, I like London. It's just not my home.

Johnny Vegas

The first principle of success is desire - knowing what you want. Desire is the planting of your seed.

Robert Collier

I definitely lived my life like I wasn't in the public eye.

Shannen Doherty

Sympathy is something that shouldn't be bestowed upon the Yankees. Apparently it angers them.

Bob Feller

I think children learning to cook can be such a wonderful thing. It can help build confidence, make them feel good about themselves. It helped me build my ego and even start to get acceptance at school. I'd bring things to class that I'd cooked at home.

Giada De Laurentiis

He who has love in his breast has ever the spurs at his flanks.

Bernardo Dovizi