But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flower, it's bloom is shed; Or, like the snow-fall in the river, A moment white, then melts forever.

Oh would some power the gift give us, to see ourselves as others see us!

My heart 's in the Highlands, my heart is not here; My heart 's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer.

Now's the day and now's the hour.

Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire, That's a' the learning I desire.

There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.

The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn, and violets bathe in the wet o' the morn.

The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry.

The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men, Gang aft a-gley, And leave us nought but grief and pain, For promised joy.

Dare to be honest and fear no labor.

Learn taciturnity and let that be your motto!

It was a single line amid a wall of hate. It barely made a difference.But it was a start—and that was all that mattered.

I explained to him, however, that my nature was such that my physical needs often got in the way of my feelings.

I'm not Sammy Glick. I've never killed anyone. I don't have to. I'm too talented.

No one is responsible under liberalism.

I want it all quickly 'cause I don't want God to stop and think and wonder if I'm getting more than my share.

If I was in charge, I'd keep doing The Go-Go's forever, but it's a band so everyone has their say.

There are two things to be considered with regard to any scheme. In the first place, Is it good in itself? In the second, Can it be easily put into practice?

as everybody knows, truthfulness and agreeable manners are often divorced on the ground of incompatibility.

I'm a big believer in being an entrepreneur. It's easy for me to say because I work for myself and I am someone who likes that process. You have control over your destiny.

The history of pop is a progression of underground styles going mainstream, so there's nothing unusual about the White Stripes or Franz Ferdinand selling records.