Suicide was against the law. Johnny had wondered why. It meant that if you missed, or the gas ran out, or the rope broke, you could get locked up in prison to show you that life was really very jolly and thoroughly worth living.

I firmly believe that respect is a lot more important, and a lot greater, than popularity.

Julius Erving

Admiration; is our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves.

Ambrose Bierce

There is always a present and extant life, be it better or worse, which all combine to uphold.

Henry David Thoreau

The flower in the vase smiles, but no longer laughs.

Malcolm De Chazal

We do a disservice to society if we ignore the evidence which shows that stable families tend to be associated with better outcomes for children.

Iain Duncan Smith

I see no reason for calling my work poetry except that there is no other category in which to put it.

Marianne Moore

Acho que o Santo Graal é um sonho que os homens têm, um sonho de que é possível tornar o mundo perfeito. Se ele existisse, todos nós teríamos sabido que o sonho não pode se transformar em realidade.

Bernard Cornwell

Pain and foolishness lead to great bliss and complete knowledge, for Eternal Wisdom created nothing under the sun in vain.

Khalil Gibran

Last year my boyfriend gave me a painting - a very personal one. I really prefer personal gifts or ones made by someone for me. Except diamonds. That's the exception to the rule.

Minnie Driver

Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

You want to hear about insanity? I was found running naked through the jungles in Mexico. At the Mexico City airport, I decided I was in the middle of a movie and walked out on the wing on takeoff. My body... my liver... okay, my brain... went.

Dennis Hopper

I can't travel without Sudoku.

Robert Ballard