As writers become more numerous, it is natural for readers to become more indolent whence must necessarily arise a desire of attaining knowledge with the greatest possible ease.

But now, I know, how absence can be present, like a damaged nerve, like a dark bird.

Audrey Niffenegger

He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

This is a matter of public health. The public was sick and tired of DeLay and his corruption.

Jim Hightower

The truth was that he died from solitude, the enemy known but to few on this Earth, and whom only the simplest of us are fit to withstand. The brilliant Costaguanaro of the boulevards had died from solitude and want of faith in himself and others.

Joseph Conrad

Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Some people think my father was a spy, because of working for that government agency in Vietnam, but he can't find his car keys, much less keep a national secret.

Lauren Graham

Nalaman kong habang lumalaki ka, maraming beses kang madadapa. Bumangon ka man ulit o hindi, magpapatuloy ang buhay, iikot ang mundo, at mauubos ang oras.

Bob Ong

There is some awe mixed with the joy of our surprise, when this poet, who lived in some past world, two or three hundred years ago, says that which lies close to my own soul, that which I also had wellnigh thought and said.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

I remember a time when all my fans were crying and sad and going through hell. Now, we're trying to uplift each other and accept ourselves for who we are, even if nobody else does.

Mary J. Blige

The ability to perceive or think differently is more important than the knowledge gained.

David Bohm

Acting is pretty much my whole life.

Carol Kane

My wife isn't very bright. The other day she was at the store and just as she was heading for our car, someone stole it! I said...did you see the guy that did it? She said ... No, but I got the license plate.

Rodney Dangerfield