Death is only a launching into the region of the strange Untried; it is but the first salutation to the possibilities of the immense Remote, the Wild, the Watery, the Unshored.

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.

A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.

I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.

Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well- warmed, and well-fed.

Dream tonight of peacock tails, Diamond fields and spouter whales. Ills are many, blessing few, But dreams tonight will shelter you.

Toil is man's allotment; toil of brain, or toil of hands, or a grief that's more than either, the grief and sin of idleness.

Meditation and water are wedded for ever.

I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.

Aye, aye! and I'll chase him round Good Hope, and round the Horn, and round the Norway Maelstrom, and round perdition's flames before I give him up.

War should be carried on like a monsoon; one changeless determination of every particle towards the one unalterable aim.

Thus bound together, they sheltered the child from the cold, dark night, enveloping him in warmth.

Trouble and perplexity drive me to prayer, and prayer drives away perplexity and trouble.

You scoundrel, you have wronged me, " hissed the philosopher, "May you live forever!

Research is one of the Nation's very greatest resources and the role of the Federal Government in supporting and stimulating it needs to reexamined.

Get your money out of the country before your country gets your money out of you

Adam Schiff, who is of course the ranking member on the House Select Committee said earlier today I'd be worried about an impulsive president with an impulsive national security adviser.

Responsibility without power is a really bad deal.

I sold all my medium format equipment in 2005 after Canon came out with the 12 megapixel EOS 1Ds.

All you 'Twilight' fans, can't thank you really enough for being so supportive. You're real cool people.

I feel like I experienced my 20s in all their glory and all their disastrousness.