Genius is independent of situation.

Who often, but without success, have prayed for apt Alliteration's artful aid.

England a fortune-telling host, As num'rous as the stars, could boast; Matrons, who toss the cup, and see The grounds of Fate in grounds of tea.

Genius is of no country.

Nature listening stood, whilst Shakespeare play'd And wonder'd at the work herself had made.

When satire flies abroad on falsehood's wing, Short is her life, and impotent her sting; But when to truth allied, the wound she gives Sinks deep, and to remotest ages lives.

The surest way to health, say what they will, Is never to suppose we shall be ill; Most of the ills which we poor mortals know From doctors and imagination flow.

Weak is that throne, and in itself unsound, Which takes not solid virtue for its ground.

A joke's a very serious thing.

No tribute is laid on castles in the air.

The rigid saint, by whom no mercy's shown To saints whose lives are better than his own.

Oh, to be the author of prison letters. It's a young girl's dream come true.

Without love, life is worthless.

Twenty years of schooling and they put you on the day shift - look out out kid, they keep it all hid

I have not ceased being fearful but I have ceased to let fear control me.

I think of myself as a girl from Brooklyn.

I'm continually surprised by the amount of people I wind up. For many guys, I'm the faggot their girlfriend fancies.

Any man that can't find what he is looking for in a thousand women is really looking for a boy.

I'm just making fun music so you can let your guard down and enjoy it, don't worry about what's cool and what's not.

All those girls who were mean to me[in high school], I pay them back by going through the drive-through window and asking for my burger. That feels really great.

The rules of parenting have changed. By the modern definition, we were a generation of neglected children.