I am about to be married, and am of course in all the misery of a man in pursuit of happiness.

Joy rul'd the day, and Love the night.

John Dryden

Martin is your best friend, isn't he?' a sweet and well-intentioned girl once said when both of us were present: it was the only time I ever felt awkward about this precious idea, which seemed somehow to risk diminishment if it were uttered aloud.

Christopher Hitchens

There are all kinds of darkness, and all kinds of things can be found in them, imprisoned, banished, lost or hidden. Sometimes they escape. Sometimes they simply fall out. Sometimes they just can't take it any more.

Terry Pratchett

Fill ev'ry glass, for wine inspires us, And fires us With courage, love and joy. Women and wine should life employ. Is there ought else on earth desirous?

John Gay

Education is what most receive, many pass on, and few possess.

Karl Kraus

A tremendous number of people in America work very hard at something that bores them. Even a rich man thinks he has to go down to the office everyday. Not because he likes it but because he can't think of anything else to do.

W. H. Auden

I can't go to war with paparazzi.

Daniel Craig

No, I got a GED in my 30s. My kids know that I never stop learning, and they know I love reading. I have books overflowing everywhere. I am current on today's events and I read the paper every day, and we talk about it, so they see that appetite.

Michael J. Fox

For the longest time, you just sound like a broken record, but you have to be consistent when teaching kids.

Heidi Klum

Ben Says: The good news is...nothing ever is permanent. You are the artist of your life...so take your brush

Timothy Pina

Even in war moral power is to physical as three parts out of four.

Napoleon

We have been friends together,In sunshine and in shade;Since first beneath the chestnut-treesIn infancy we played.But coldness dwells within thy heart,A cloud is on thy brow;We have been friends together

Caroline Norton, We Have Been Fr