Without knowing it, women act as if they were taking away the stones from the path of the wandering mineralogist in order that he might not strike his foot against them - when he has gone out for the very purpose of striking against them

We have confused the free with the free and easy.

Adlai Stevenson

One of the things I like about acting is that, in a funny way, I come back to myself.

Bill Murray

Love had he found in huts where poor men lie; His daily teachers had been woods and rills, The silence that is in the starry sky, The sleep that is among the lonely hills.

William Wordsworth

My holy of holies is the human body, health, intelligence, talent, inspiration, love, and the most absolute freedom imaginable, freedom from violence and lies, no matter what form the latter two take. Such is the program I would adhere to if I were a major artist.

Anton Chekhov

That man (Lord Lyttelton) sat down to write a book, to tell the world what the world had all his life been telling him

Samuel Johnson

Our observation of nature must be diligent, our reflection profound, and our experiments exact. We rarely see these three means combined and for this reason, creative geniuses are not common.

Denis Diderot

But nothing that can be said can begin to take away the anguish and the pain of these moments. Grief is the price we pay for love.

Elizabeth II

Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office.

Robert Frost

For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made... Romans 1:20

Bible

Those who think they know it all are very annoying to those of us who do.

Robert K. Mueller

No one but a fool would measure their satisfaction by what the world thinks of it.

Oliver Goldsmith