Stephen jerked his thumb towards the window, saying: — That is God. Hooray! Ay! Whrrwhee! — What? Mr Deasy asked. — A shout in the street, Stephen answered, shrugging his shoulders.

People trample over flowers, yet only to embrace a cactus.

Shut your eyes and see.

Absence, the highest form of presence.

Mistakes are the portals of discovery.

There is not past, no future; everything flows in an eternal present.

Your mind will give back to you exactly what you put into it.

The supreme question about a work of art is out of how deep a life does it spring.

Think you're escaping and run into yourself. Longest way round is the shortest way home.

I am tomorrow, or some future day, what I establish today. I am today what I established yesterday or some previous day.

All Moanday, Tearday, Wailsday, Thumpsday, Frightday, Shatterday.

But you would still settle for me if I were that last, wouldn't you? Women are like that. They have to have a male.

The enemies cannot destroy the king who has at his service the respect and friendship of the wise men who can find fault, disagree, and correct him.

Yes, Yes Yall, You know we talkin it all see how we bringing the street corner to Cargenie hall

I'm not in any way religious. I don't go to church, but I consider myself spiritual.

Born in a stable, Cradled in a manger, In the world His hands have made, Born a stranger.

The movie on the screen is always going to be different from the movie in your head. How it makes you feel is what I'm after, what I'm chasing, and what I'm trying to construct.

Be the Woman You Want to Be.

Spectroscopy can probably answer the question, 'Is there anybody out there?' Are we alone?

Maybe my pain was my motivation.

I cannot think of any character below the flatterer, except he who envies him