The sunshine of thine eyes, (O still celestial beam!) Whatever it touches it fills With the life of its lambent gleam. The sunshine of thine eyes, Oh, let it fall on me! Though I be but a mote of the air, I could turn to gold for thee.

Good novel are written by people who are not frightened.

George Orwell

A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.

Mahatma Gandhi

Women hold up half the sky.

Mao Zedong

I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and possessions.

Plutarch

People whose understanding and taste in literature, painting, and music are beyond question are, for the most part, ignorant of what is good or bad art in the theater.

Minnie Maddern Fiske, Mrs. Fiske

Sometimes you have to be selfish to be selfless.

Edward Albert

I come from a stupid family. During the civil war my great uncle fought for the west

Rodney Dangerfield

Everything ideological possesses meaning: it represents, depicts, or stands for something lying outside itself. In other words, it is a sign. Without signs there is no ideology.

V. N. Volosinov

A judge is not supposed to know anything about the facts of life until they have been presented in evidence and explained to him at least three times.

Lord Chief Justice Parker

i have never been more than a dreamand the dreameris awake

Nirmala

God created the world the laws of nature were created by God. True science tries to find out what God put in the world. The trouble is where scientists speculate about theology and they don't know what they're talking about because they weren't there. They can't speculate about the origins of life because they weren't there.

Pat Robertson

People who don't know me have opinions about me. That's the part that's very hurtful. Because how do you form an opinion about somebody if you've never met them or spent any time with them? So it's all based upon hearsay or things that they've read.

Rick Barry