The secret of life is to have a task, something you devote your entire life to, something you bring everything to, every minute of the day for the rest of your life. And the most important thing is, it must be something you cannot possibly do.

Joint undertakings stand a better chance when they benefit both sides.

Euripides

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.

Oscar Wilde

Like many people in Britain, I have an affectionate respect for the Queen, and am surprised that I should be having such republican thoughts.

A. N. Wilson

I think that's what poetry does. It allows people to come together and identify with a common thing that is outside of themselves, but which they identify with from the interior.

Diane Wakoski

How can a girl look so innocent and so hot at the same time?

Angela Richardson

I think perhaps the most important problem is that we are trying to understand the fundamental workings of the universe via a language devised for telling one another when the best fruit is.

Terry Pratchett

I write music every day.

Lady Gaga

Strong reasons make strong actions.

William Shakespeare

In our hyper-secular world, worship is still inevitable. But it is vital to remember that our gods don't choose us, we choose them.

John Green

Ten persons who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.

Napoleon Bonaparte

My cooking is so bad my kids thought Thanksgiving was to commemorate Pearl Harbor.

Phyllis Diller

I was probably the only revolutionary referred to as cute.

Abbie Hoffman