We Orientals find beauty not only in the thing itself but in the pattern of the shadows, the light and darkness which that thing provides.

I was a bit worried coming back to the Premiership from America, but I have been pleased with my form, and the interest I have received has been good for my ego. I have no worries about my fitness, and I am really looking forward to the season starting now.

Richard Gough

Intimacies between women go backwards, beginning with revelations and ending up in small talk without loss of esteem.

Elizabeth Bowen

The road winds up the hill to meet the height; Beyond the locust hedge it curves from sight -- And yet no man would foolishly contend. That where he sees it not, it makes an end.

Emma Carleton

It is tact that is golden, not silence.

Samuel Butler

Out of this nettle - danger - we pluck this flower - safety.

William Shakespeare

I'm tired of hearing about money, money, money, money, money. I just want to play the game, drink Pepsi, wear Reebok.

Shaquille O'Neal

Conversation should touch everything, but should concentrate itself on nothing.

Oscar Wilde

I think one of the keys to leadership is recognizing that everybody has gifts and talents. A good leader will learn how to harness those gifts toward the same goal.

Benjamin Carson

The only possible society is oneself.

Oscar Wilde

Whom the gods love die young.

Menander

You see so many artists who are so talented end up living sad, empty lives. This industry takes so much out of you that without the accountability and leaving God in the center, you can be left so empty and void.

Stacie Orrico

To him that waits all things reveal themselves, provided that he has the courage not to deny, in the darkness, what he has seen in the light.

Coventry Patmore