To respect the cat is the beginning of the aesthetic sense.

Soon shall thy arm, unconquer'd steam! afar Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car; Or on wide-waving wings expanded bear The flying chariot through the field of air.

A fool is a man who never tried an experiment in his life.

The hypochondriac disease consists in indigestion and consequent flatulency, with anxiety or want of pleasurable sensation.

Till o'er the wreck, emerging from the storm, Immortal Nature lifts her changeful form: Mounts from her funeral pyre on wings of flame, And soars and shines, another and the same.

I much condole with you on your late loss... pains and diseases of the mind are only cured by Forgetfulness;--Reason but skins the wound, which is perpetually liable to fester again.

E canchis amnia. Everything from shells.

A fool, Mr, Edgeworth, is one who has never made an experiment.

The mass starts into a million suns; Earths round each sun with quick explosions burst, And second planets issue from the first.

[Retirement] is a dangerous experiment, and generally ends in either drunkenness or hypochrondriacism.

Life is a forced state! I am surprized that we live, rather than that our friends die.

If there is one thing above all others a successful man should know, it is when to stop.

If you don't think a film looks good then that is just a reflection of how bad the artist was that was using the paint that is really good.

That's how I am as a director - if somebody does a really good take, I can't help it, I'm not even aware of it. Actors really, really need positive reinforcement.

For we direct, perform and witness performances every night – theatre cannot die before the last dream has been dreamt.

The charm of your society, My Sparrow, lies in not knowing what will you say next - though one rapidly learns to fear the worst!

In every governmental speech I give before state parliament, I say: Bavaria will remain Bavaria.

And conservatives know that if you reject these principles of limited government and urge others to reject them you can be my ally, you can be my friend but you cannot call yourself a conservative.

I was sent to sleepover camp since I was 6, and you know, it's a recipe for disaster.

He scorn'd his own, who felt another's woe.

Perhaps they were right putting love into books. Perhaps it could not live anywhere else.