Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.

I think English film is very embarrassed by patriotism, generally.

Tom Hooper

That thou seest, man, become too thou must; God, if thou seest God, dust, if thou seest dust.

Brother Angelus

The worse they are the more they see beauty in each other.

Alan Hollinghurst

It is not death, it is dying that alarms me.

Michel de Montaigne

Americans want grungy people, stabbing themselves in the head on stage. They get a bright bunch like us, with deodorant on, they don't get it.

Liam Gallagher

Let me die the moment my love dies. Let me not outlive my own capacity to love. Let me die still loving, and so, never die.

Mary Zimmerman

Sure, cried the tenant men, but it's our land. We measured it and broke it up. We were born on it, and we got killed on it, died on it. Even if it's no good, it's still ours. That's what makes it ours-being born on it, working it, dying on it.

John Steinbeck

Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds, merit, and honesty.

Sallust

Women's weapon, water-drops

William Shakespeare

There have been many definitions of beauty in art. What is it? Beauty is what the untrained eyes consider abominable.

Edmond de Goncourt

I think I'm fascinated by the power of religion in our culture. Like a lot of secular, liberal people, I ignored it for a long time. Lately, of course, just from a political perspective, it's impossible to ignore.

Tom Perrotta

I don't believe we are supposed to go through life defeated and not having enough money to pay our bills or send our kids to college.

Joel Osteen