I cannot persuade myself that a beneficent and omnipotent God would have designedly created parasitic wasps with the express intention of their feeding within the living bodies of Caterpillars.

I also have a soft spot for spicy chicken wings. They are always best eaten at dives and sports bars, like Wogie's in the West Village, New York City, near my house.

Gail Simmons

When you can do the common things in life in a uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.

George Washington Carver

Anyone can speak Troll. All you have to do is point and grunt.

J.K. Rowling

Then read from the treasured volume the poem of thy choice, and lend to the rhyme of the poet the beauty of thy voice.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

one should never assume anything

Dick Francis

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

Carl Sandburg

It is doubtless one of Aristotle's great services that he conceived so clearly the truth that literature is a thing that grows and has a history.

Gilbert Murray

When hospitality becomes an art it loses its very soul.

Max Beerbohm

It's easy to quit smoking. I've done it hundreds of times.

Mark Twain

We should wage war not to win war, but to win peace.

Paul Hoffman

At different times I taught humanities, social sciences and pre-vocational education.

Estelle Morris

The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.

Miguel de Cervantes