It takes little talent to see clearly what lies under one's nose, a good deal of it to know in which direction to point that organ.

Where there is no extravagance there is no love, and where there is no love there is no understanding.

Oscar Wilde

But to be perfectly frank, this childish idea that the author of a novel has some special insight into the characters in the novel...it's ridiculous. That novel was composed of scratches on a page, dear. The characters inhabiting it have no life outside of those scratches. What happened to them? They all ceased to exist the moment the novel ended.

John Green

The downside of my celebrity is that I cannot go anywhere in the world without being recognized. It is not enough for me to wear dark sunglasses and a wig. The wheelchair gives me away.

Stephen Hawking

I have no race prejudice. I think I have no color prejudices or caste prejudices nor creed prejudices. Indeed, I know it. I can stand any society. All that I care to know is that a man is a human being -- that is enough for me; he can't be any worse.

Mark Twain

Thus is his cheek the map of days outworn.

William Shakespeare

A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be seen by morning light, at noon and by moonlight.

Robertson Davies

You get educated by traveling.

Solange Knowles

Generally speaking, espionage offers each spy an opportunity to go crazy in a way he finds irresistible.

Kurt Vonnegut

But with the steady disintegration of the family in modern society over the last century, the role of the school in bridging the gap has become vital!

Stephen Covey

Weight Watchers is not intimidating. It's not a diet. It's a lifestyle.

Jessica Simpson

Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live.

Jim Rohn

I love to play for audiences that are simply made of people rather than so-called special people.

John Astin