Right, well, he'd been sick for a while and his nurse said to him, 'You seem to be feeling better this morning,' and Isben looked at her and said, 'On the contrary,' and then he died.

True hope is swift, and flies with swallow's wings.

William Shakespeare

Most are engaged in business the greater part of their lives, because the soul abhors a vacuum and they have not discovered any continuous employment for man's nobler faculties

Henry David Thoreau

It's great to reminisce about good memories of my past. It was enjoyable when it was today. So learning to enjoy today has two benefits: it gives me happiness right now, and it becomes a good memory later.

George Foreman

My idea of heaven is a great big baked potato and someone to share it with.

Oprah Winfrey

The physically fit can enjoy their vices.

Lord Percival

Iron rusts from disuse, stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigors of the mind.

Leonardo DaVinci

Myself when young did eagerly frequent doctor and saint, and heard great argument about it and about: but evermore came out by the same door as in I went.

Omar Khayyam

An honest man can never surrender an honest doubt.

Walter Malone

Seek only light and freedom and do not immerse yourself too deeply in the worldly mire.

Vincent Van Gogh

I would like you to understand completely, also emotionally, that I'm a political detainee and will be a political prisoner, that I have nothing now or in the future to be ashamed of in this situation. That, at bottom, I myself have in a certain sense asked for this detention and this sentence, because I've always refused to change my opinion, for which I would be willing to give my life and not just remain in prison. That therefore I can only be tranquil and content with myself.

Antonio Gramsci

Oh, about beer I never lie. A man who lies about beer makes enemies.

Stephen King

Obviously the imagination is fueled by emotions beyond the control of the conscious mind.

Joyce Carol Oates