Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
The worst condition of humans is when they lose knowledge and control of themselves.
No man is exempt from saying silly things; the mischief is to say them deliberately.
Philosophical discussions habitually make men happy and joyful not frowning and sad.
Wonder is the foundation of all philosophy, inquiry the progress, ignorance the end.
The laws of conscience, though we ascribe them to nature, actually come from custom.
Children's plays are not sports, and should be deemed as their most serious actions.
Taking it all in all, I find it is more trouble to watch after money than to get it.
Art is the human disposition of sensible or intelligible matter for an esthetic end.
In eroticism as dance: one of the partners is always charged with leading the other.
To rebel against being born a woman seemed as foolish to her as to take pride in it.
I love road trips. You get into this Zen rhythm; throw sense of time out the window.
David Bergen is a master of taut, spare prose that's both erotic and hypnotic. . . .
My favorite book is my next one. I’m always hoping to make my next book my best one.
If your sense of self is destabilised, to imagine being another becomes pretty easy.
The ban on the burkini, which is basically a wetsuit, seems particularly ridiculous.
I always try to create conflict and drama in my books; it's the engine of the novel.
No man can be fully efficient if he expects praise or appreciation for what he does.
Personal stories are the emotional glue that connects your audience to your message.
The surest and most insidious enemy of freedom is not dictatorship, but complacency.
I suppose Roger [Ruskin Spear] had the license to do anything that fitted the venue.
I woke up thinking a very pleasant thought. There is lots left in the world to read.
Women see faults much more readily in each other than they can discover perfections.
Now, everything I do, I do because I want to. And I believe the best is yet to come.
Art offers sanctuary to everyone willing to open their Hearts as well as their Eyes.
Do not falter or shrink; But just think out your work, And just work out your think.
Manhattan is so tailored. It's driven by appealing to the very wealthy and tourists.
I would never have been a good scientist - my attention span was too short for that.
Modesty: the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it.
What is my loftiest ambition? I've always wanted to throw an egg at an electric fan.
The courage to go deeper is found by letting your desire grow larger than your fear.
I have always said that if I were a rich man, I would employ a professional praiser.
All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.
The only one you need in your life is that person who shows you he needs you in his.
America had often been discovered before Columbus, but it had always been hushed up.
Rugby is a good occasion for keeping thirty bullies far from the center of the city.
A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.
A woman will flirt with anybody in the world as long as other people are looking on.
Alcohol, taken in sufficient quantities, may produce all the effects of drunkenness.
And now, I am dying beyond my means. (Said while sipping champagne on his deathbed.)
I didn't say I liked it Harry. I said it fascinated me. There is a great difference.
We women, as some one says, love with our ears, just as you men love with your eyes.
The only form of lying that is absolutely beyond reproach is lying for its own sake.
Art, like Nature, has her monsters, things of bestial shape and with hideous voices.
Most men and women are forced to perform parts for which they have no qualification.
As for begging, it is safer to beg than to take, but it is finer to take than to beg
She had a passion for secrecy, but she herself was merely a Sphinx without a secret.
You're one of those guys who can make a party just by leaving it. It's a great gift.
Hell, it is well known, has no fury like a woman who wants her tea and can't get it.
We are like the phoenix," said Abuelita. "Rising again, with a new life ahead of us.
The French aren't perfect, but they have some parenting secrets that really do work.