So live, that when thy summons comes to joinThe innumerable caravan, which movesTo that mysterious realm, where each shall takeHis chamber in the silent halls of death,Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night,Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothedBy an unfaltering trust, approach thy graveLike one who wraps the drapery of his couchAbout him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.

There are two motives for reading a book: one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it.

Bertrand Russell

Perfect Valor is to do, without a witness, all that we could do before the whole world.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

To be persuasive, we must be believable; to be believable, we must be credible; to be credible, we must be truthful.

Edward R. Murrow

As far as informing the headmaster, Harry had no idea where Dumbledore went during the summer holidays. He amused himself for a moment, picturing Dumbledore, with his long silver beard, full-length wizard's robes, and pointed hat, stretched out on a beach somewhere, rubbing suntan lotion onto his long crooked nose.

J.K. Rowling

Morality is of the highest importance but for us, not for God.

Albert Einstein

Sometimes when I'm going to sleep, I think, 'Oh God, my future husband is out there somewhere and I might know him, or I might not, and I wonder what he's doing and I wonder if he knows me.' I just always think that's so fascinating, that even when you were two years old, your future husband was out there somewhere.

Emma Roberts

Thanks to my mother, not a single cardboard box has found its way back into society. We receive gifts in boxes from stores that went out of business twenty years ago.

Erma Bombeck

What is reading, but silent conversation.

Walter Savage Landor

Those who believe that they are exclusively in the right are generally those who achieve something.

Aldous Huxley

You wanna eat my shit. It's all that figures for you. Alright, I like a little shit on my side. Makes me feel so good. It smells so lovely. I love diarrhea. So much of it for you here.

GG Allin

To be what no one ever was,To be what everyone has been:Freedom is the mean of thoseExtremes that fence all effort in.

Mark Van Doren

A comedian's body is funny as well as his mind being funny, his whole personage is funny.

Bobby Darin