How many inner resources one needs to tolerate a life of leisure without fatigue

That heavenly music! what is it I hear? The notes of the harpers ring sweet in mine ear. And, see, soft unfolding those portals of gold, The King all arrayed in his beauty behold!

William Augustus Muhlenberg

Politics has been called the art of the possible, and it actually is a realm akin to art insofar as, like art, it occupies a creatively mediating position between spirit and life, the idea and reality.

Thomas Mann

Great things are only possible with outrageous requests.

Thea Alexander

Oh God, that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains!

William Shakespeare

Some men know that a light touch of the tongue, running from a woman's toes to her ears, lingering in the softest way possible in various places in between, given often enough and sincerely enough, would add immeasurably to world peace.

Marianne Williamson

Weekends are a bit like rainbows; they look good from a distance but disappear when you get up close to them.

John Shirley

Love makes time pass away and time makes love pass away.

Proverb

Money is a strange business. People who haven't got it aim it strongly. People who have are full of troubles.

Ayrton Senna

Why do grandparents and grandchildren get along so well? They have the same enemy -- the mother.

Claudette Colbert

Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear. Thus a feeling of utter unworthiness can be a source of courage.

Eric Hoffer

I was a quiet teenager, introverted, full of angst.

Nigella Lawson

My wife has brought great beauty into my life. And my daughter has brought me nothing but joy. Those qualities were greatly lacking.

Christopher Meloni