Praise or blame has but a momentary effect on the man whose love of beauty in the abstract makes him a severe critic on his own works.

You may not always have a comfortable life and you will not always be able to solve all of the world's problems at once but don't ever underestimate the importance you can have because history has shown us that courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of its own.

Michelle Obama

The newly decorated theatres produced things like car parks and restaurants, so you could have a good night out, quite cheaply without all that bother of having to go somewhere else.

Timothy West

I gave up on new poetry myself thirty years ago, when most of it began to read like coded messages passing between lonely aliens on a hostile world.

Russell Baker

I have always had a talent for irritating women since I was fourteen.

Marilyn Monroe

Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of congress; but I repeat myself.http://www.twainquotes.com/Congress.html

Mark Twain, Mark Twain, a Biogra

Friendships begin with liking or gratitude roots that can be pulled up.

George Eliot

Male egos require constant stroking. Every task is an achievement, every success epic. That is why women cook, but men are chefs: we make cheese on toast, they produce .

Belle de Jour

The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.

Epicurus

Humble souls are fearful of their own strength.

William Gurnall

Love is Compassion, Endurance, Equanimity, Impartiality, Magnetic, Patient and Just (and Where Justice Is Not, Hate-Traders Profit)

Elizabeth Lucye Robillard

Good novels are not written by orthodoxy-sniffers, nor by people who are conscience-stricken about their own orthodoxy. Good novels are written by people who are not frightened.

George Orwell

Wait for the wisest of all counselors, Time.

Pericles