By Modernism I mean the positive rejection of the past and the blind belief in the process of change, in novelty for its own sake, in the idea that progress through time equates with cultural progress; in the cult of individuality, originality and self-expression.

A fox may steal your hens, Sir, a whore your health and pence, Sir, your daughter rob your chest, Sir, your wife may steal your rest, Sir, a thief your goods and plate. But this is all but picking, with rest, pence, chest and chicken; it ever was decreed, Sir, if lawyer's hand is feed, Sir, he steals your whole estate.

John Gay

No one ever discovers the depths of his own loneliness.

Georges Bernanos

Happiness is ideal, it is the work of the imagination.

Marquis de Sade

Men! The only animal in the world to fear.

David Herbert Lawrence

A good teacher must know the rules a good pupil, the exceptions.

Martin H. Fischer

Some things are easier to legalize than to legitimate.

Sebastian Roch Nicolas Chamfort

Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born old, and some never grow up.

Tryon Edwards

On the publicity tour of 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding,' I was asked over and over again, if, as the writer, I felt it was a fair depiction of real life to have someone of my er, below average looks, hook up with hottie John Corbett.

Nia Vardalos

There are persons who, when they cease to shock us, cease to interest us.

Francis H. Bradley

You can't have a sustainable US economy without a great education system. Teach students to do the job right. You don't have an innovative economy unless you have a great education.

Walter Isaacson

The power of the ballot we need in sheer defense, else what shall save us from a second slavery?

W. E. B. Du Bois

The bottom line is that the human body is complex and subtle, and oversimplifying - as common sense sometimes impels us to do - can be hazardous to your health.

Andrew Weil