Life only avails, not the having lived. Power ceases in the instant of repose; it resides in the moment of transition from a past to a new state, in the shooting of the gulf, in the darting to an aim

I think I learned about the relationship between books and life from Margaret Mitchell.

Pat Conroy

There are three kinds of intelligence; one kind understands things for itself, the other appreciates what others can understand, the third understands neither for itself nor through others. This first kind is excellent, the second good, and the third kind useless.

Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince,

The U.S. couldn't even get rid of Saddam Hussein. And we all know that the EU is just a passing fad. They'll be killing each other again in less than a year. I'm sick to death of all these fascist lawsuits.

Bill Gates

A poet's autobiography is his poetry. Anything else is just a footnote.

Yevgeny Yevtushenko

Some men have a silly theory about beautiful women - that somewhere along the line they'll turn into a monster. That movie gave them a chance to watch it happen.

Salma Hayek

The only time I ever enjoyed ironing was the day I accidentally got gin in the steam iron.

Phyllis Diller

What we call happiness in the strictest sense comes from the (preferably sudden) satisfaction of needs which have been dammed up to a high degree.

Sigmund Freud

If you're lucky enough to be involved in a film that's about something very real and that you hope will continue to hold up in 20 years' time it just gives you more energy and makes it feel all the more worthwhile.

Eric Bana

One on God's side is a majority.

Wendell Phillips

But I can only write what the muse allows me to write. I cannot choose, I can only do what I am given, and I feel pleased when I feel close to concrete poetry - still.

Ian Hamilton Finlay

Repentance may be old-fashioned, but it is not outdated so long as there is sin.

J. C. Macaulay

The old know what they want; the young are sad and bewildered.

Logan Pearsall Smith