The hero of my tale, whom I love with all the power of my soul, whom I have tried to portray in all his beauty, who has been, is, and will be beautiful, is Truth.

Cruel, but composed and bland,Dumb, inscrutable and grand,So Tiberius might have sat,Had Tiberius been a cat.

Matthew Arnold

Beauty is ever to the lonely mind a shadow fleeting she is never plain. She is a visitor who leaves behind the gift of grief, the souvenir of pain.

Christopher Morley

I can't believe that God plays dice with the universe.

Albert Einstein

Sometimes the poorest man leaves his children the richest inheritance.

Ruth E. Renkel

I wish people would realize that animals are totally dependent on us, helpless, like children, a trust that is put upon us.

James Herriot

In my mind the city of Ariel is a thorn in Israel's side and a serious obstacle to peace.

Theodore Bikel

The prospect of music being detachable from time and place meant that one could start to think of music as a part of one's furniture.

Brian Eno

I ever will profess myself the greatest friend to those whose actions best correspond with their doctrine; which, I am sorry to say, is too seldom the case amongst those nations who pretend most to civilization.

Captain J. G. Stedman

Fame is only good for one thing - they will cash your check in a small town.

Truman Capote

I don't want to lose my fitness. I'm 45. I have two babies. I've got a long way to go and I want to keep in tiptop shape. There's no magic bullet.

Marcia Cross

I was up watching Meet Joe Black at four AM. I was hoping Brad Pitt would die, and he was still alive at seven forty in the morning! I actually felt sorry for once, for critics.

Rose McGowan

An impersonal and scientific knowledge of the structure of our bodies is the surest safeguard against prurient curiosity and lascivious gloating.

Marie Carmichael Stopes