Ich hatte eine sehr exakte Vorstellung davon, was ich gerade jetzt von diesem ansehnlichen Fremden verlangt hätte. Und dabei wäre seiner angeblich so geschickten Zunge definitiv eine der Hauptrollen zugefallen.

From politics, it was an easy step to silence.

Jane Austen

You will soon find that I am a bit obsessive about my work. And that is a little sad, one often feels strangely restricted, not finding time to simmer, although one actually has many interests.

Arne Jacobsen

Hopefully this movie will help people understand that if a child is never given the tools to know how to love others and love and respect themselves, this is what happens.

Jami Gertz

There is so much of gratitude or vanity in almost every attachment, that it is not safe to leave any to itself. We can all BEGIN freely--a slight preference is natural enough; but there are very few of us who have heart enough to be really in love without encouragement. In nine cases out of ten a women had better show MORE affection than she feels. Bingley likes your sister undoubtedly; but he may never do more than like her, if she does not help him on.

Jane Austen

Do not worry about the incarnation of ideas. If you are a poet, your works will contain them without your knowledge -- they will be both moral and national if you follow your inspiration freely.

Vissarion Belinsky

It wasn't raining when Noah built the ark....

Howard Ruff

The foolishness of old age does not characterize all who are old, but only the foolish.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Freedom is the right to live as we wish.

Epictetus

I haven't paid for anything since I became famous.

Melissa de la Cruz

be it peace or happinesslet it enfold you

Charles Bukowski

I had one companion. He was a teacher from the Ukraine who spoke English so we could communicate a bit. I learnt a few Russian words, but it was hard to concentrate.

Mathias Rust

I admire the Elsie Tanners and Barbara Windsors of the world: people who have crawled back from the abyss. I'm quite camp in that respect.

Jenny Eclair