The longer one is alone, the easier it is to hear the song of the earth.

When you are used to the kind of life -of never getting anything you want- you stop knowing what it is you want.

Haruki Murakami

There is nothing that puts a man more in your debt than that he owes you nothing.

Mark Caine

My mum and dad had worked incredibly hard to afford me an education.

Benedict Cumberbatch

Nature has given us two ears, two eyes, and but one tongue-to the end that we should hear and see more than we speak.

Socrates

President Obama's 100-day plan is pretty impressive. I think it's a Wow 100-plus days. The administration is not operating from fear, it is trying to drive change for the future, and that's a good thing.

Andrea Jung

Both the Obama and Romney campaigns said they pulled all their political ads today in observance of the September 11th anniversary. But politics wasn't very far offstage. The Obama campaign sees foreign policy as an advantage this year.

Mara Liasson

[I]f a book is well written, I always find it too short.

Jane Austen

The thrill of falling in love is often the thrill of being loved; the thrill of marriage is the thrill of loving someone for the rest of your life. Each day - and year - that passes is a triumph of this act of loving.

Susan Waggoner

A modest man is usually admired, if people ever hear of him.

Edward W. Howe

Without education, you are not going anywhere in this world.

Malcolm X

Tradition demands that we not speak poorly of the dead.

Daniel Barenboim

There never was a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous.

Benjamin Franklin