Mysticism and exaggeration go together. A mystic must not fear ridicule if he is to push all the way to the limits of humility or the limits of delight.

It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information.

Oscar Wilde

The herd instinct among forecasters makes sheep look like independent thinkers.

Edgar R. Fiedler

Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing; a confusion of the real with the ideal never goes unpunished.

Johann von Goethe

I've suffered from all of the hang-ups known, and none is as bad as the telephone.

Richard Armour

You teach your daughters the diameters of the planets and wonder when you are done that they do not delight in your company

Samuel Johnson

All that running around in my underwear put money in my pockets. I can focus on working in interesting movies without having to worry about supporting myself.

Mark Wahlberg

What keeps earth air breathable? Not oxygen alone. The earth is a freer place to breathe in, every time you love without calculating a return -- every time you make your drudgeries and routines still more inefficient by stopping to experience the shock of beauty wherever it unpredictably flickers.

Peter Viereck

I believe that the quantum of our knowledge will increase considerably in the coming years and that scientists will continue to be amongst the brave voices speaking out.

Peter Garrett

It is good taste, and good taste alone, that possesses the power to sterilize and is always the first handicap to any creative functioning.

Salvador Dali

You should not expect your dreams to become a reality if you do not do something about it.

Kindle Korner

Partly because his life ended before the age of 50, Hamilton was defined by the other founding fathers, and he managed, with amazing consistency, to alienate most of them.

Ron Chernow

The superstition in which we grew up,Though we may recognize it, does not loseIts power over us--Not all are freeWho make mock of their chains.

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Nathan