By space the universe encompasses me and swallows me up like an atom; by thought I comprehend the world.

Labor is still, and ever will be, the inevitable price set upon everything which is valuable.

Samuel Smiles

The human being is in the most literal sense a political animal, not merely a gregarious animal, but an animal which can individuate itself only in the midst of society.

Karl Marx

I did direct two short movies. I learned many things, and one of the things I learned was that I am not a director. It has to be visceral, and it's not for me. I feel much more comfortable acting.

Vincent Cassel

Tea should be taken in solitude.

C.S. Lewis

I just think old old movies, they make you concentrate and pay attention so much more. They feel so warm. A lot of modern digital videotape, it's just too bright. Don't know why, it's not warm.

Jack White

One life - a little gleam of Time between two Eternities.

Thomas Carlyle

We know the threats - from global terrorist networks to the spread of deadly weapons. Yet we also know that embedded in this time of danger is the promise of a new day, if we have the courage and commitment to work together.

Valerie Jarrett

Where I come from, you don't really talk about how much you're earning. Those things are private. My dad never told my mum how much he was earning. I'm certainly not going to tell the world. I'm doing well.

Paul McCartney

Science has always been too dignified to invent a good backscratcher.

Don Marquis

I am blessed to be a proud father of a daughter.

Adnan Sami

They are so filthy and bestial that no honest man would admit one into his house for a water-closet doormat.

Charles Dickens

On the mountains mistakes are fatal. In politics, mistakes are wounding emotionally, but you recover. Personally, wilderness helps me get back in touch with natural rhythms, helps me reflect and, in the process, restore my creativity.

Mark Udall