I wonder, by my troth, what thou and I Did, till we lov'd?

No Spring nor Summer beauty hath such grace As I have seen in one Autumnal face.

No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent.

Death comes equally to us all, and makes us all equal when it comes.

Love, all alike, no season knows, nor clime, nor hours, days, months, which are the rags of time.

Busy old fool, unruly Sun, why dost thou thus through windows and through curtains call on us? Must to thy motions lovers seasons run?

Twice or thrice had I loved thee before I knew thy face or name, so in a voice, so in a shapeless flame, angels affect us oft, and worshiped be.

What gnashing is not a comfort, what gnawing of the worm is not a tickling, what torment is not a marriage bed to this damnation, to be secluded eternally, eternally, eternally from the sight of God?

Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.

More than kisses, letters mingle souls.

When one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language.

The biggest mistake that you will make in life is believing that governments act in the public interest.

One must live with all, e'en if life be hell: Crime makes shame, not monetary stricture

Writing lets you be, say, and do anything. It's sugar for your ego and wings for your ideas.

I write the vocals last, because I wanted to invent the music first and push the music to the level that I had to compete against it.

The sugar industry doesn't want to see more of the agricultural areas turned into storm-water treatment areas. Ultimately they want to develop that land for houses and a shopping center.

Your personal boundaries protect the inner core of your identity and your right to choices.

In 'Zombieland,' it was such a freewheeling plot it almost didn't matter what the characters were doing scene to scene as long as there was a consistent banter.

My religion is a religion of sharing, not of following

Certainly, my uni days involved some statements that I wouldn't make today.

Yet who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him? - Lady Macbeth