Liberalism, austere in political trifles, has learned ever more artfully to unite a constant protest against the government with a constant submission to it.

A man must know how to fly in the face of opinion; a woman to submit to it.

Germaine De Stael

We love to overlook the boundaries which we do not wish to pass.

Samuel Johnson

When you're shooting a film, you really don't get to be a dad, and you don't really get to be a husband. You don't really exist at all. But I do drag my family with me on location whenever I can.

Eric Bana

Between two evils, choose neither; between two goods, choose both.

Tryon Edwards

God bears with the wicked, but not forever.

Miguel de Cervantes

Every success in limiting armaments is a sign that the will to achieve mutual understanding exists, and every such success thus supports the fight for international law and order.

Ludwig Quidde

The trouble with life is that there are so many beautiful women and so little time.

John Barrymore

I am somebody who... - I'm not saying I'm perfect, but I need that freedom, that ability to make mistakes out there. Because there's a fine line between making a mistake or being brilliant.

Tiffeny Milbrett

My own experience is that a certain kind of genius among students is best brought out in bed.

Allen Ginsberg

In your power, all the same. Subject to your will and your demands. No longer free! No! That's a thought I'll never endure! Never.

Henrik Ibsen

The Law of Triviality... briefly stated, it means that the time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved.

C. Northcote Parkinson

Being nerdy just means being passionate about something, including everyone - the coolest people on Earth are passionate and therefore nerdy about something whatever it is, whether it's sports, or gaming, or technology, or fashion, or beauty, or food, or whatever.

Zachary Levi