In portraits, the grace and, we may add, the likeness consists more in taking the general air than in observing the exact similitude of every feature.

There is no expedient to which a man will not resort to avoid the real labor of thinking.

The real character of a man is found out by his amusements.

Few have been taught to any purpose who have not been their own teachers.

A room hung with pictures is a room hung with thoughts.

Our Exhibitions [The Royal Academy] have... a mischievous tendency, by seducing the Painter to an ambition of pleasing indiscriminately the mixed multitude of people who resort to them.

Art in its perfection is not ostentatious; it lies hid and works its effect, itself unseen.

The great end of all arts is to make an impression on the imagination and the feeling. The imitation of nature frequently does this. Sometimes it fails and something else succeeds.

A mere copier of nature can never produce anything great.

Taste depends upon those finer emotions which make the organization of the soul.

Genius is supposed to be a power of producing excellences which are put of the reach of the rules of art: a power which no precepts can teach, and which no industry can acquire.

Yes i am sad because i want to be happy, if never want to be a happy i never became sad

Evolution... is the most powerful and the most comprehensive idea that has ever arisen on Earth.

Fools look to tomorrow wise men use tonight.

To believe with certainty we must begin with doubting.

There is a passion for perfection which you will rarely see fully developed; but you may note this fact, that in successful lives it is never wholly lacking.

Much truth is spoken, that more may be concealed.

We used two Princess Cruise ships. The Island Princess and The Pacific Princess. They were identical ships.

The world, an entity out of everything, was created by none of the gods or men, but was, is and will be eternally living fire, regularly becoming ignited and reg- ularly becoming extinguished.

Well, they are critics of the Bush administration generally on the human rights record of the administration, and in particular, they are very, very critical of this use of science.

Sophia Loren, whose new baby asked her, Is all that for me? Never got a dinner!