I should as soon think of contradicting a bishop

The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.

Buddha

The belief in immortality has always seemed cowardly to me. When very young I learned that all things die, and all that we wish of good must be won on this earth or not at all.

Anne Smedley

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered as the rightful property of some one or other of their daughters.

Jane Austen, opening lines to Pr

Isn't it marvelous how those scientists know the names of all those stars?

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Past experience with fiscal austerity at home and overseas strongly suggests that it is best for the economy's long-run performance to restrain government spending rather than raise taxes.

Mark Zandi

Love ever gives. Forgives outlives. And ever stands with open hands. And while it lives, it gives. For this is love's prerogatives -- to give, and give, and give.

John Oxenham

A learning experience is one of those things that says, 'You know that thing you just did? Don't do that.

Douglas Adams

As for style, there is something about the way musicians dress-they seem to be able to create their own world within their fashion alone.

Nicole Richie

Morals were too essential to the happiness of man, to be risked on the uncertain combinations of the head. Nature laid their foundation, therefore, in sentiment, not in science.

Thomas Jefferson

Nothing is less in our power than the heart, and far from commanding we are forced to obey it.

Jean Jacques Rousseau

Being too good is apt to be uninteresting.

Harry S Truman

If you think you can then you can.

Stephen Richards