'Tis the voice of the sluggard; I heard him complain, you have waked me too soon, I must slumber again.

Marriage always demands the greatest understanding of the art of insincerity possible between two human beings.

Vicki Baum

I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that He didn't trust me so much.

Mother Theresa

The only love affair I have ever had was with music.

Maurice Ravel

But I think there's something wonderful and extraordinary about climbing on your own and just that kind of relationship to the environment. I'm very addicted to the mountains. You know, so, I do like that solitude.

Andy Serkis

But it's amazing how many people think that gay men should slink off into the shadows when it comes to having friendships with children.

Armistead Maupin

I am convinced the most unfortunate people are those who would make an art of love. It sours other effort. Of all artists, they are certainly the most wretched.

Norman Mailer

The future will either be green or not at all.

Bob Brown

Liberals become indignant when you question their patriotism, but simultaneously work overtime to give terrorists a cushion for the next attack and laugh at dumb Americans who love their country and hate the enemy.

Ann Coulter

I talk to myself because I like dealing with a better class of people.

Savielly Tartakower

The role of the intelligence --that part of us which affirms and denies and formulates opinions is merely to submit.

Simone Weil

One who condones evil is just as guilty as the one who perpetrates it.

Martin Luther King Jr.

It seems to me madness to wake up in the morning and do something other than paint, considering that one may not wake up the following morning.

Frank Auerbach