London in the '70s was a pretty catastrophic dump, I can tell you. We had every kind of industrial trouble we had severe energy problems we were under constant terrorist attack from Irish terrorist groups who started a bombing campaign in English cities politics were fantastically polarized between left and right.

The unqualified truth is, that when I loved Estella with the love of a man, I loved her simply because I found her irresistible. Once for all; I knew to my sorrow, often and often, if not always, that I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be. Once for all; I love her none the less because I knew it, and it had no more influence in restraining me, than if I had devoutly believed her to be human perfection.

Charles Dickens

Now, good digestion wait on appetite, and health on both!

William Shakespeare

What little Jack does not learn, big John will never.

Proverb

I think... if it is true that there are as many minds as there are heads, then there are as many kinds of love as there are hearts.

Leo Tolstoy

Life at the top is financially rewarding, spiritually draining, physically exhausting, and short.

Peter C. Newman

If I were asked for a one line answer to the question What makes a woman good in bed? I would say, A man who is good in bed.

Bob Guccione

Much more frequent in Hollywood than the emergence of Cinderella is her sudden vanishing. At our party, even in those glowing days, the clock was always striking twelve for someone at the height of greatness; and there was never a prince to fetch her back to the happy scene.

Ben Hecht

Sometimes it takes great suffering to pierce the soul and open it up to greatness

Jocelyn Murray

True love is quiescent, except in the nascent moments of true humility.

Bryant H. McGill

As long as you don't make waves, ripples, life seems easy. But that's condemning yourself to impotence and death before you are dead.

Jeanne Moreau

In my forties, my optimism was boundless. I had really good health and tremendous success which allowed me to do anything I wanted.

Patricia Cornwell

Commit a sin twice and it will not seem a crime.

Anon.