Faith and philosophy are air, but events are brass.

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.

A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.

I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.

Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well- warmed, and well-fed.

Dream tonight of peacock tails, Diamond fields and spouter whales. Ills are many, blessing few, But dreams tonight will shelter you.

Toil is man's allotment; toil of brain, or toil of hands, or a grief that's more than either, the grief and sin of idleness.

Meditation and water are wedded for ever.

I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.

Aye, aye! and I'll chase him round Good Hope, and round the Horn, and round the Norway Maelstrom, and round perdition's flames before I give him up.

War should be carried on like a monsoon; one changeless determination of every particle towards the one unalterable aim.

We have met and hated, fought and died before - you and I. Kepta to Garin People of the Crater. Andre Norton.

I find it very annoying when people want to sit next to each other at a booth.

Let's try to bring more style into basics, and let's touch real people all around the world, people who don't really care who Christophe Lemaire is.

There is a furnace in our cells, and when we breathe we pass the world through our bodies, brew it lightly, and turn it loose again, gently altered for having known us.

The mind conceives with pain, but it brings forth with delight.

I just think with acting, there's not a time limit on it.

I fear that by gaining a limit, we'll lose an excuse.

Dive bars are much more my thing. They're no-nonsense.

A false enchantment can all too easily last a lifetime.

The terror drifted over georgetown like the sun over a blind mans eyes