If the riches of the Indies, or the crowns of all the kingdom of Europe, were laid at my feet in exchange for my love of reading, I would spurn them all.

I can't do with mountains at close quarters -- they are always in the way, and they are so stupid, never moving and never doing anything but obtrude themselves.

D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd indeed in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a widespread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible.

Bertrand Russell

I'm not a victim. I'm not a survivor. I'm a fighter.

J.E. Mathewson

When I was younger I wanted to be a big movie star who'd get to be funny on talk shows and then I wanted to retire and write science fiction.

Scott Thompson

When it's foggy in the pulpit it's cloudy in the pew.

Cavett Robert

The search is what anyone would undertake if he were not sunk in the everydayness of his own life. To become aware of the possibility of the search is to be onto something. Not to be onto something is to be in despair.

Walker Percy

You have already disarmed my men without my knowledge, are their arms to be returned or not?

Zebulon Pike

I think being a parent is the most challenging thing you do. That's why we're here. It's at the heart of what it is to be a human being. It's the ultimate experience because it questions everything about who you are. But it's difficult.

Michael Sheen

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

Source Unknown

We love ourselves notwithstanding our faults, and we ought to love our friends in like manner.

Cyrus the Great

At the first kiss I felt something melt inside me that hurt in an exquisite way. All my longings, all my dreams and sweet anguish, All the secrets that slept deep within me came awake, Everything was transformed and enchanted, everything made sense.

Hermann Hesse

Every man is an omnibus in which his ancestors ride.

Oliver Wendell Holmes