The humour of Dostoievsky is the humour of a barloafer who ties a kettle to a dog's tail.

Nothing in the world is permanent, and we’re foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we’re still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it.

We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.

To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.

It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.

If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too.

The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself.

The only important thing in a book is the meaning that it has for you.

It is dangerous to let the public behind the scenes. They are easily disillusioned and then they are angry with you, for it was the illusion they loved.

The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind.

Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.

We have learned that power is a positive force if it is used for positive purposes.

There is no religion that has a monopoly on bigotry.

Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God's handwriting.

Shahid Kapoor is my childhood crush

I was an all-around player - if I was just a scorer, there's no way the Hawks would have won 50 games four years in a row.

Sometimes the hardest thing to do in a pressure situation is to allow the tension to persist. The temptation is to make a decision, any decision, even if it is an inferior choice.

I try to be aware of technology and Japanese animation and old Belgian paintings, and get all my references from bits of everywhere.

I'm Owen Hart and I have my own identity and my own style.

I'm sick and tired of black and white people of good intent giving aspirin to a society that is dying of a cancerous disease.

I brought color to bridal. There was one whole season of blush. If you think about the bareness, the illusion (fabric), the corsets that I did in bridal, they were trends in ready-to-wear, too.