I remembered that Beethoven's symphonies had sometimes been given names... they should have call [the Fifth] the Vampire, because it simply refused to lie down and die.

I'm at that age where I watch such things with two minds, one that cackles at these capers and another that never gets much beyond a rather jaded and self-conscious smile, like the Mona Lisa.

Cheese!" I exclaimed. It was a secret prayer, whose meaning was known only to God and to me.

Mother Goose!I have never much cared for flippant remarks, especially when others make them, and in particular, I don't give a frog's fundament for them when they come from an adult.

While you've been gadding about the countryside, we've held a meeting, and we've all of us decided that you must go.'In short, we've voted you out of the family, ' Daffy said. 'It was unanimous.

There's a lot to be said for being alone. But you and I know, don't we, Flavia, that being alone and being lonely are not at all the same thing?

Love is what makes you bloom like a flower with a smile, beauty and fragrance.

There is enough knowledge in the books to explain the existing, your knowledge must inspire what is possible.

Is there any creature on earth as unfortunate as an ugly woman? (wonders Lady Catelyn Stark)

I think there's a tremendous split between people who've been through a war and people who haven't.

Despite occasional policy differences between us, I have long respected Jim Jeffords' integrity, and his conscientious service to his constituents and to the nation.

My job affords me the luxury of having help. I don't feel exhausted, I feel lucky.

Learning is the only thing that never disappoints us.

We need to say goodbye to the traditional methodologies of corporate universities.

If you're hurting, you need to help somebody else ease their hurt. If you're in pain, help somebody else's pain.

I'm working it out, man. I'm working through some stuff, trying to find my way like everyone.