Madam, a circulating library in a town is as an evergreen tree of diabolical knowledge; it blossoms through the year. And depend on it that they who are so fond of handling the leaves, will long for the fruit at last.

Some mathematician has said pleasure lies not in discovering truth, but in seeking it.

Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy

Well, the most terrible fear that anybody should have is not war, is not a disease, not cancer or heart problems or food poisoning - it's a man or a woman without a sense of humor.

Jonathan Winters

Never was it given to mortal man - To lie so boldly as we women can.

Alexander Pope

I know the history of the record business so well because I followed Billie Holiday into the record studios. It was so primitive compared to the sophisticated business today.

Tony Bennett

Lukewarm acceptance is more bewildering than outright rejection.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Metal is still the biggest music now in America.

Sebastian Bach

Differences of habit and language are nothing at all if our aims are identical and our hearts are open.

J.K. Rowling

To me, the Seventies were very inspirational and very influential... With my whole persona as Snoop Dogg, as a person, as a rapper. I just love the Seventies style, the way all the players dressed nice, you know, kept their hair looking good, drove sharp cars and they talked real slick.

Snoop Dogg

Yes... it wasn't over, it still isn't over.

Nicholas Sparks

Fate keeps on happening.

Anita Loos

A blank helpless sort of face, rather like a rose just before you drench it with D.D.T.

John Carey

I have invested the best part of my adult political life in helping to try to build up this movement and I am far from perfect but I do think I am able, through the media, to deliver a good, simple, understandable message.

Nigel Farage