What one has not experienced, one will never understand in print.

The face of a lover is an unknown, precisely because it is invested with so much of oneself. It is a mystery, containing, like all mysteries, the possibility of torment.

James Arthur Baldwin

Every man is the architect of his own life. He builds it just the way he wants it. However, after he has built what he wants, he sometimes decides that he doesn't like what he has built and looks for someone or something to blame instead of changing himself.

Sydney Madwed

I think I would say 'The King's Speech' is surprisingly funny, in fact the audiences in London, Toronto, LA, New York commented there's more laughter in this film than in most comedies, while it is also a moving tear-jerker with an uplifting ending.

Tom Hooper

As individuals and as a nation, we now suffer from social narcissism. The beloved Echo of our ancestors, the virgin America, has been abandoned. We have fallen in love with our own image, with images of our making, which turn out to be images of ourselves.

Daniel J. Boorstin

To be happy, make others happy.

Stephen Richards

Europe has a press that stresses opinions; America a press, radio, and television that emphasize news.

James Reston

Forbear to mention what thou canst not praise.

Matthew Prior

Enjoy your own life without comparing it with that of another.

Marquis de Condorcet

If you can actually count your money, then you're not a rich man.

J. Paul Getty

Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.

Joseph Joubert

I believe in universal health care. And I am not afraid to say so.

Stephen Hawking

Little islands of human happiness, peace, and prosperity are so exceptional at this point in history that I'm not even sure we can draw lessons from them.

P. J. O'Rourke