Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius, and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.

There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.

Oscar Levant

What is the most precious, the most exciting smell awaiting you in the house when you return to it after a dozen years or so? The smell of roses, you think? No, moldering books.

Andre Sinyavsky

I had a non-existent knowledge of Queen Victoria's early years. Like everyone else, I thought of her as an old lady dressed in black. My mom had told me about her, though, that she had a very loving relationship with Albert, that they had lots of kids, and that he died young.

Emily Blunt

If you want to get laid, go to college. If you want an education, go to the library.

Frank Zappa

In a strong relationship, you should love your companion more than you need them.

Steve Maraboli

I know I'm drinking myself to a slow death, but then I'm in no hurry.

Robert Benchley

The garden suggests there might be a place where we can meet nature halfway.

Michael Pollan

Life is not a matter of place, things or comfort; rather, it concerns the basic human rights of family, country, justice and human dignity.

Imelda Marcos

Leaders in OVER their heads is the mere result of getting ahead of their intended SEASON.

John Paul Warren

Necking with Marilyn Monroe is like kissing Hitler

Tony Curtis

There is nothing with which every man is so afraid as getting to know how enormously much he is capable of doing and becoming.

Soren Kierkegaard

The person who talks most of his own virtue is often the least virtuous.

Jawaharlal Nehru