Where have you ever found that man who stopped short after the perpetration of a single crime?

The dowry, not the wife, is the object of attraction.

Rare is the union of beauty and purity.

Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt

A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.

The arrows are from her dowry.

The abject pleasure of an abject mind And hence so dear to poor weak woman kind. [Lat., Vindicta Nemo magis gaudet, quam femina.]

All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.

Pray for a healthy mind in a healthy body.

Quis costodiet ipsos custodies? (Who will watch the watchers?)

It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.

I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.

My only defense is the acquisition of vocabulary.

Death comes along like a gas bill one can't pay.

But seriously, I think overall in the scheme of things winning an Emmy is not important. Let's get our priorities straight. I think we all know what's really important in life - winning an Oscar.

I don't have any problem with coverage of victims in France. My heart goes out to anyone who was hurt or killed over there.

I think the writer is always the creator, because he's starting with nothing, but the actor comes in and gives flesh and blood.

If you can make the song a soundtrack to what you're living at the time, I think that's the most important part of a song.

Robert Altman made that movie Kansas City about the jazz scene in the city, and we saw that band all together, and that was an amazing show. That's what I got into. I like jazz.

The IEA forecasts that production from oilfields, which have started production up to 2011, will nearly drop two-thirds by 2035.

God has given us the fascination and mystery of irrational numbers, as one aspect of a rich world