Since the beginning of the 21st century, thanks to the concerted efforts of both sides, China-U.S. relationship has on the whole enjoyed steady growth. Since President Obama took office, we have maintained close contact through exchange of visits, meetings, telephone conversations and letters.

That kind of imagination is why we're not dead.

Rebecca McKinsey

Wenn [der Lehrer] wirklich weise ist, fordert er euch nicht auf, ins Haus seiner Weisheit einzutreten, sondern führt euch an die Schwelle eures eigenen Geistes.

Kahlil Gibran

Entertainment isn't just based on the very structured syndrome of European popular music, and it's great that there are so many thousands of people who are of the same opinion.

Robert Plant

Great things are done when men and mountains meet.

William Blake

I was never a Certified Public Accountant. I just had a degree in accounting. It would require passing a test, which I would not have been able to do.

Bob Newhart

Some of the greatest survivors have been women. Look at the courage so many women have shown after surviving earthquakes in the rubble for days on end.

Bear Grylls

Wanting to is the whole lesson; all the rest is practice.

Orson Scott Card

Nothing gives us courage more readily than the desire to avoid looking like a damn fool.

Dean Koontz

Truth is a naked and open daylight

Francis Bacon, Essay Of Truth

There's always something fishy about the French.

Noel Coward

Caine might have smiled at her, had his heart not been breaking to smithereens inside of him.

V.S. Carnes

There is no greater glory than love, nor any great punishment than jealously.

Lope de Vega