I'm the only man in the world with a marriage licence made out to whom it may concern.

Existentialism is about being a saint without God; being your own hero, without all the sanction and support of religion or society.

Anita Brookner

The privacy and dignity of our citizens are being whittled away by sometimes imperceptible steps. Taken individually, each step may be of little consequence. But when viewed as a whole, there begins to emerge a society quite unlike any we have seen -- a society in which government may intrude into the secret regions of a person's life.

William O. Douglas

Somehow he'd become the one constant in this whole uneven chapter in her life

Jennifer E. Smith

Because you are a great lord, you believe yourself to be a great genius. You took the trouble to be born, but no more.

Pierre De Beaumarchais

The best lessons learned are from other peoples mistakes.

Melissa Bradley

Mathematics has beauty and romance. It's not a boring place to be, the mathematical world. It's an extraordinary place; it's worth spending time there.

Marcus du Sautoy

No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness than disbelief in great men.

Thomas Carlyle

We all know we're one day closer to the end when we wake up in the morning. We just kid ourselves that it's not happening.

Rachel Ward

The good news is that the moment you decide that what you know is more important than what you have been taught to believe, you will have shifted gears in your quest for abundance. Success comes from within, not from without.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

A good memory and a tongue tied in the middle is a combination which gives immortality to conversation.

Mark Twain

Character is power it makes friends, draws patronage and support and opens the way to wealth, honor and happiness.

John Howe

Slight small injuries, and they will become none at all.

Thomas Fuller