The sciences of only one nation, the Greeks, have come down to us, because they were translated through Al-Ma'mun's efforts. He was successful in this direction because he had many translators at his disposal and spent much money in this connection.

Any sufficiently advanced form of magick will appear indistinguishable from science.

Peter J. Carroll

One receives as reward for much ennui, despondency, boredom --such as a solitude without friends, books, duties, passions must bring with it --those quarter-hours of profoundest contemplation within oneself and nature. He who completely entrenches himself against boredom also entrenches himself against himself: he will never get to drink the strongest refreshing draught from his own innermost fountain.

Friedrich Nietzsche

In times of universal deceit, telling the truth will be a revolutionary act.

George Orwell

Sticks and stones will break my bones, but names will never hurt me.

English Proverb

People say I'm extravagant because I want to be surrounded by beauty. But tell me, who wants to be surrounded by garbage?

Imelda Marcos

It's always overwhelming when you come to another country and you're embraced in such a positive way.

Flo Rida

The miser and the glutton are two facetious buzzards: one hides his store, and the other stores his hide.

Josh Billings

There is no coming to consciousness without pain.

Carl Gustav Jung

Love is the grandest thing on God's earth, but fortunate the lover who has plenty of money.

Russell Conwell

The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to mediocrity.

James Fenimore Cooper

He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious.

Sun Tzu

My goal is to make Italian food clean and accessible and beautiful and tasty, with simple ingredients that people can find at a local grocery store, because people don't want to go to a gourmet shop in search of items that will sit in their pantry for years after they use just a teaspoon or pinch of them.

Giada De Laurentiis