Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
There is accumulation. There is responsibility. And beyond this there is great unrest.
People - and I include myself - get fat because they choose pleasure over self-denial.
But just think what a boring, bread-and-milk world this would be without the boastful.
Nobody likes children, your mother assured you. That doesn't mean you don't have them.
Ladies first." "Why is it men only say that when it's something horrible or dangerous?
I only assumed those dresses were costumes, based on the garish nature of the plumage.
I wanted to stay this way forever. Which, it turns out, was exactly five more minutes.
A short life is better for mankind, for a long life would deprive man of his optimism.
Man will never be enslaved by machinery if the man tending the machine be paid enough.
Equal access to reading is fundamental to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
An aphorism is never exactly true; it is either a half-truth or one-and-a-half truths.
I like to hold a monologue with women. But a dialogue with myself is more stimulating.
Most people muddled through events and only in retrospect realized their significance.
If you read, the world is your oyster. It truly is. Reading makes everything possible.
This country is becoming increasingly authoritarian. It's based on capital punishment.
Social distinctions concern themselves ultimately with whom you may and may not marry.
Flat or uninteresting writing often signals something deeper that is being covered up.
Part of a writer's job is just spacing out, looking into the air and imagining things.
You cannot have exterior development without interior development to hold it in place.
It was as though, in one moment, he had become a stranger. And I a stranger to myself.
That's libertarians for you - anarchists who want police protection from their slaves.
Things don't ever stay the same. Natural beginnings come to natural or unnatural ends.
We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.
It was headquartered in Michigan City, a long way off. I never saw Ku Klux Klan march.
I hope to build a reputation as a science-fiction writer. That's the pitch. We'll see.
Not knowing a thing is not ignorance. Feigning knowledge you don't have can be--Sholto
Richard was a riddle with no answer, and I was tired of playing a game I couldn't win.
If your life works, and you work in it, then it’s okay, whatever is happening is okay.
Sex was never as neat as the movies made it. Real sex was messy. Good sex was messier.
Would you truly sleep with strangers?" "I don't know, I haven't met the strangers yet.
I nod like I’m listening,like we’re communicating, and she never knows the difference.
I felt alienated by the experience and decided to stay away from corporate employment.
Bloggers intent on self-expression which renders no service to readers don't get read.
Suspense arises naturally from good writing - it's not a spice to be added separately.
We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom.
Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced.
All the variety, all the charm, all the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow.
People are always happy where there is love, because their happiness in in themselves.
Art should cause violence to be set aside and it is only art that can accomplish this.
Why is it that people with the most narrow of minds seem to have the widest of mouths?
Somehow it seems to fill my head with ideas - only I don't exactly know what they are!
Which form of proverb do you prefer Better late than never, or Better never than late?
I can't explain myself, I'm afraid, sir,' said Alice, 'Because I'm not myself you see.
Who sail on stormy seas; And that's the way I get my bread -- A trifle, if you please.
Why is a raven like a writing desk? - Mad Hatter I haven't the slightest idea. - Alice
The beast attempts a beautific look that could be mistaken for a bout of painful wind.
There’s a moment of profound sadness that can be dispelled only by summoning my anger.
Make no mistake about it, magick is an art form, and every true magician is an artist.
Is it against justice or reason to love ourselves? And why is self-love always a vice?
The thing about me is I have a great little acting school. I teach about 125 students.