There is only one art, whose sole criterion is the power, the authenticity, the revelatory insight, the courage and suggestiveness with which it seeks its truth. Thus, from the standpoint of the work and its worth it is irrelevant to which political ideas the artist as a citizen claims allegiance, which ideas he would like to serve with his work or whether he holds any such ideas at all.

Beauty without expression is boring.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ah! there is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.

Jane Austen

The knowledge that something remains yet unenjoyed impairs our enjoyment of the good before us.

Samuel Johnson

The world is being created and destroyed in this very moment.

Paulo Coelho

I liked the premise of this material. I love the marriage relationship. They kind of keep each other honest, and they enjoy each other's sense of humor. Kind of a sexy but boring relationship.

Patricia Arquette

Whether one agrees or disagrees with the tactics of the Occupy Wall Street movement, it's easy to understand the inspiration for its anger as well as its impatience.

Eric Alterman

All the people you meet here have one thing to teach you. Eddie was skeptical. His fists stayed clenched. What? he said. That there are no random acts. That we are all connected. That you can no more separate one life from another than you can separate a breeze from the wind.

Mitch Albom

What we instill in our children will be the foundation upon which they build their future.

Steve Maraboli

In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity.

Hunter S. Thompson

Don't accustom yourself to use big words for little matters

Samuel Johnson

The civil rights movement was based on faith. Many of us who were participants in this movement saw our involvement as an extension of our faith. We saw ourselves doing the work of the Almighty. Segregation and racial discrimination were not in keeping with our faith, so we had to do something.

John Lewis

Man is always more than he can know of himself; consequently, his accomplishments, time and again, will come as a surprise to him.

Golo Mann