I had one companion. He was a teacher from the Ukraine who spoke English so we could communicate a bit. I learnt a few Russian words, but it was hard to concentrate.

Nothing surpasses the beauty and elegance of a bad idea.

Craig Bruce

Imagine the Creator as a stand up comedian - and at once the world becomes explicable.

H. L. Mencken

Bigot: One who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion that you do not entertain.

Ambrose Bierce

Knowledge is a weapon. I intend to be formidably armed.

Terry Goodkind

The sensual and spiritual are linked together by a mysterious bond, sensed by our emotions, though hidden from our eyes. To this double nature of the visible and invisible world -- to the profound longing for the latter, coupled with the feeling of the sweet necessity for the former, we owe all sound and logical systems of philosophy, truly based on the immutable principles of our nature, just as from the same source arise the most senseless enthusiasms.

Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt

I'm not afraid to call a wine that tastes like Skittles or green peppers mixed with orange marmalade. I'll say, 'It tastes like chicken.' I mean, that's not what people think of when they think of wine, but that's what it tastes like to me and it hits home.

Gary Vaynerchuk

Self-preservation, nature's first great law, all the creatures, except man, doth awe.

Andrew Marvell

This increase in the life span and in the number of our senior citizens presents this Nation with increased opportunities: the opportunity to draw upon their skill and sagacityand the opportunity to provide the respect and recognition they have earned. It is not enough for a great nation merely to have added new years to lifeour objective must also be to add new life to those years.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

I know people will think it's funny because I've done glamour modelling in the past, but I felt embarrassed about my body and just wanted to cover it up.

Jennifer Ellison

For over 30 years, the IRA showed that the British government could not rule Ireland on its own terms.

Gerry Adams

You cannot separate passion from pathology any more than you can separate a person's spirit from his body.

Richard Selzer

The only good thing to do with good advice is pass it on; it is never of any use to oneself.

Oscar Wilde