Water, water, everywhere, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink.

Exclusively of the abstract sciences, the largest and worthiest portion of our knowledge consists of aphorisms: and the greatest and best of men is but an aphorism.

Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

There is one art of which people should be masters - the art of reflection.

Humor is consistent with pathos, whilst wit is not.

A great mind must be androgynous.

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree: Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea.

That gracious thing, made up of tears and light.

The love of a mother is the veil of a softer light between the heart and the heavenly Father.

Religion is the most gentlemanly thing in the world. It alone will gentilize, if unmixed with cant.

Poor little Foal of an oppressed race! I love the languid patience of thy face.

Revenge is a dish best served published!

my uncle died.and i don't feel sad because he died.but i felt so sad when i realize that i will never see him alive again in my whole life.

The game isn't over until it's over.

You can always go back and reconstruct stuff in a documentary, but it's so much cooler when you're there as it happens.

They are all alike you know. They hold their tongues for years and you think you're safe, but when the opportunity comes they remember everything.

In the spring mornings I would work early while my wife still slept. The windows were open wide and the cobbles of the street were drying after the rain.

Well, I've been to Iraq twice now. I was in Baghdad in June and then north of Baghdad in November.

I started taking a basic biology course, and I really loved it. I started asking research questions incessantly. I was drawn very quickly to biology.

Children are certainly too good to be true.

Let's face it, Obama is not a hugely popular political figure in the state of Texas.