Beauty, real beauty, ends where an intellectual expression begins

Women, as some witty Frenchman once put it, inspire us with the desire to do masterpieces and always prevent us from carrying them out.

For the canons of good society are, or should be, the same as the canons of art. Form is absolutely essential to it.

What are American dry-goods? asked the duchess, raising her large hands in wonder and accentuating the verb.American novels, answered Lord Henry.

A miracle is when the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. A miracle is when one plus one equals a thousand.

...and gentle happy and peaceful, tasting the mean goodness of their living like the last of their suppers in their mouths.

Enjoy it, learn from it and more than anything, never take your health for granted. Don’t just seize the day. Seize the moment. Every single one.

What’s the goal?” asked Carlos. “I’m glad you asked, ” said Harry. You – all of you – and I – we’re going to save the world.

I've been an athlete most of my life and on a disciplined schedule. Working out for me is just part of my every day.

We did not have a television while I was growing up, and so I read voraciously. My earliest memory of being utterly transfixed by a book was Madeleine L'Engle's 'A Wrinkle in Time.

Priorities Are Like Arms; If You Think You Have More Than A Couple, You’re Either Lying Or Crazy.

I am a huge fan of proselytizing. I am a huge fan of speaking your mind. The only way we can share the universe... is by talking very strongly about what we believe.

It's very inconvenient because every time I finish, let's say, a chapter of a book, I think I'm going to ring Richard and then realize: Oh, Christ, I've buried him. I buried him last year.

Richard Hadlee has the appearance of a rickety church steeple and a severe manner which suggests that women are not likely to be ordained yet.