Life has obliged him to remember so much useful knowledge that he has lost not only his history, but his whole original cargo of useless knowledge history, languages, literatures, the higher mathematics, or what you will - are all gone.

The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been.

Madeleine L'Engle

Against boredom the gods themselves fight in vain.

Friedrich Nietzsche

People make a grievous error thinking that a list of facts is the truth. Facts are just the bare bones out of which truth is made.

Shelby Foote

After hundreds of auditions and nothing, you're sitting home and wondering, 'What am I doing?'

Demi Lovato

Free speech is the whole thing, the whole ball game. Free speech is life itself.

Salman Rushdie

A girl phoned me the other day and said... 'Come on over, there's nobody home.' I went over. Nobody was home.

Rodney Dangerfield

I know, indeed, of nothing more subtle satisfying and cheering than a knowledge of the real good will and appreciation of others. Such happiness does not come with money, nor does it flow from a fine physical state. It cannot be bought. But it is the keenest joy, after all; and the toiler's truest and best reward.

William Dean Howells

If you are afraid of loneliness, don't marry.

Anton Chekhov

Imagine a civilisation that's way in advance of us wants to communicate with us, and assist us in our development. The information we provide to them must reflect our highest aspirations and ideals, and not just be some crazy person's bizarre politics or religion.

Paul Davies

Keep a positive mind. Remember, a failed attempt doesn't make you a failure—giving up does.

Lorii Myers

Time, you old gypsy man, will you not stay, put up your caravan just for one day?

Ralph Hodgson

I know most people use their phones to tell time, but there's something very romantic and beautiful about a timepiece.

Padma Lakshmi