To value riches is not to be covetous. They are the gift of God, and, like every gift of his, good in themselves, and capable of a good use. But to overvalue riches, to give them a place in the heart which God did not design them to fill, this is covetous

Modern pictures are, no doubt, delightful to look at. At least, some of them are. But they are quite impossible to live with; they are too clever, too assertive, too intellectual. Their meaning is too obvious, and their method too clearly defined. One

Oscar Wilde

A home without books is a body without soul.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

As you change your point of view, your views bring about a change in you.

George Alexiou

Fear is the instructor of great sagacity, and the herald of all revolutions

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence ... too sacred to be touched. They ascribe to the men of the preceding age a wisdom more than human, and suppose what they did to be beyond amendment.

Thomas Jefferson

I would love to work with Paolo Nutini because he is so soulful and an amazing songwriter.

Birdy

Every moment in life is an act of faith

Paulo Coelho

The right response to the non-problem of global warming is to have the courage to do nothing.

Christopher Monckton

The natural principle of war is to do the most harm to our enemy with the least harm to ourselves and this of course is to be effected by stratagem.

Washington Irving

Europe is scooters. Europe is five young people on one bench sharing a chocolate bar. Their idea of entertainment and fun is so much different than ours, which is exactly why a movie about them would be funny.

Mike Myers

Wise men never sit and wail their loss, but cheerily seek how to redress their harms.

William Shakespeare

Taking joy in living is a woman's best cosmetic.

Rosalind Russell