Cursed greed of gold, what crimes thy tyrant power has caused. -- Virgil

He loved her, of course, but better than that, he chose her, day after day. Choice: that was the thing.

The obstacles were intended to be a distraction from the goal.You must keep a persistence focus to realise the goal.

And who are all these people? There weren't this many when I fell asleep."Alfie shrugged, indicating that the universe was mysterious and nothing would ever be fully understood.

God’s in His heaven—All’s right with the world!

it's my responsibility to cultivate the man in my son. I can't be passive about that.

Freedom means you are unobstructed in living your life as you choose. Anything less is a form of slavery.

That my philosophy of life is, as far as possible, one of enjoyment. I'm not nihilistic.

The quantity of meaning compressed into small space by algebraic signs, is another circumstance that facilitates the reasonings we are accustomed to carry on by their aid.

Resentment is a communicable disease and should be quarantined.

The words "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" which I saw on an Italian movie poster, are perhaps the briefest statement imaginable of the basic appeal of movies