Men long for an afterlife in which there apparently is nothing to do but delight in heaven's wonders.

The pool is terrible, but that doesn't have much to do with my record swims. That's all mental attitude.

Mark Spitz

The fact is that my wife if she had common sense would have more power over me than any other whatsoever, for my heart always alights upon the nearest perch.

Lord (George Gordon) Byron

Art! Who comprehends her? With whom can one consult concerning this great goddess?

Ludwig van Beethoven

It is difference of opinion that makes horse races.

Mark Twain

There is no private house in which people can enjoy themselves so well as at a capital tavern... No, Sir there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn.

Samuel Johnson

The price we have to pay for money is sometimes liberty.

Robert Louis Stevenson

I love seeing my family.

Mia Wasikowska

To be an atheist requires an indefinitely greater measure of faith than to recieve all the great truths which atheism would deny.

Joseph Addison

It was sad when Sid Vicious died... I was freaked out when Phil Lynott died from Thin Lizzy. I cried. It was too crazy.

Dee Dee Ramone

Well, you know what, I'm 60 years old, and I've been interested in politics since I was on my daddy's knee. During the 1948 election, we were praying for Truman. I know a lot about politics.

Roger Ebert

The worst thing I can say about democracy is that it has tolerated the Right Honorable Gentleman for four and a half years.

Aneurin Bevan

Enthusiasm... the sustaining power of all great action.

Samuel Smiles