Talent and intelligence never yet inoculated anyone against the caprice of the fates.

God does not play dice with the universe; He plays an ineffable game of His own devising, which might be compared, from the perspective of any of the other players [i.e. everybody], to being involved in an obscure and complex variant of poker in a pitch-dark room, with blank cards, for infinite stakes, with a Dealer who won't tell you the rules, and who .

Terry Pratchett

The perfect church service would be one we were almost unaware of. Our attention would have been on God.

C.S. Lewis

Revenge is the naked idol of the worship of a semi-barbarous age.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

This is what I like about being a designer: You can't really get it until you see it.

Isaac Mizrahi

A word too much always defeats its purpose.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Every performance is different. That's the beauty of it.

Van Morrison

There is a brief moment when all there is in a man's mind and soul and spirit is reflected through his eyes, his hands, his attitude. This is the moment to record.

Yousuf Karsh

We must not tolerate oppressive government or industrial oligarchy in the form of monopolies and cartels.

Henry A. Wallace

I enjoy talking to you more than anybody else because I never feel I am giving myself away and so can admit to shady, dishonest, crawling, cowardly, unjust, arrogant, snobbish, lecherous, perverted and generally shameful feelings that I don't want anybody else to know about; but most of all because I am always on the verge of violent laughter when talking to you.If you were here, I keep thinking, we would spend the time in talk and drink and smoke and I should be laughing a lot of the time, and I should be enjoying myself a lot of the time.

Kingsley Amis

When I warned them the French that Britain would fight on alone whatever they did, their generals told their Prime Minister and his divided Cabinet, In three weeks England will have her neck wrung like a chicken. Some chicken! Some neck!

Sir Winston Churchill

Always remember, there are two types of people in this world. Those who come into a room and say, Well, here I am! and those who come in and say, Ah, there you are!

Frederick L. Collins

The two most important requirements for major success are: first, being in the right place at the right time, and second, doing something about it.

Ray Kroc