It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall look upon what we think our present existence, as a dream.

I think, though, if I had to look at the role of government and what it does in people's lives, I see the EEOC as having much more legitimacy than the others, if properly run.

Clarence Thomas

Love is one of the true mysteries,' he said at last. 'The truest and the deepest of all. One thing, Maerad: to love is never wrong. It may be disastrous; it may never be possible; it may be the deepest agony. But it is never wrong.

Alison Croggon

No domínio da vida quotidiana afigurava-se, sem dúvida, necessário, pelo menos ? s vezes, reflectir antes de falar, mas um membro do Partido chamado a emitir um juízo político ou ético devia ser capaz de disparar as opiniões correctas tão automaticamente como uma metralhadora dispara balas.

George Orwell

Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

I once said cynically of a politician, Hell double-cross that bridge when he comes to it.

Oscar Levant

The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie--diliberate, contrived, and dishonest--but the myth--persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do, because I notice it always coincides with their own desires.

Susan B. Anthony

Black as night, sweet as sin.

Neil Gaiman

If you want a wise answer, ask a reasonable question.

Johann von Goethe

A good novel tells you the truth about its hero but a bad novel tells you the truth about its author.

Gilbert Keith Chesterton

The training of children is a profession, where we must know how to waste time in order to save it

Jean Jacques Rousseau

Great men are the commissioned guides of mankind, who rule their fellows because they are wiser.

Thomas Carlyle