Lack of genius never held anyone back. Only time wasted on resentment and daydreaming can do that.

Man is a being of varied, manifold and inconstant nature. And woman, by God, is a match for him.

But I despised men who accepted their fate. I shaped mine twenty times and had it broken twenty times in my hands.

And habits are hell's own substitute for good intentions. Habits are the ruin of ambition, of initiative , of imagination. They're the curse of marriage and the after-bane of death.

I would give you my soul in a blackberry pie; and a knife to cut it with.

After I convinced them that I was a harmless novelist, I actually got them to give me a tour of the harem - which is usually off limits for tourists.

Look up . . . and see them. The teaching stars, beyond worship and commonplace tongues.

So she was on her own, Kate thought, and instilled all the friendly helpfulness she could into her next question. “Excuse me, but are you the bad company young Mr. Scott has got into?

He regards boredom, I observe, as the One and Mighty Enemy of his soul. And will succeed in conquering it, I am sure—if he survives the experience.

Where are the links of the chain ... joining us to the past?

But it's also because of something personal. My mother and father met while playing chess, so I've always had a fondness for the game. If it weren't for chess, I might not be here.

The Truth is found when men (and Women) are free to pursue it.

The last time someone had laid out a suit and a pair of dress shoes with a ticket purchased for a faraway place, Henry had refused to go.This time, Henry refused to stay.

People are drawn to you because you make them feel happy

Any woman of virtue won't be easy to come by. She will make you jump over hurdles to reach her.

How long the night seems to one kept awake by pain.

The dregs may stir themselves as they please; they fall back to the bottom by their own coarseness.

The industry needs transforming. It’s for others to decide whether they want to get stuck in the past or whether they want to come on the journey.

Being Negative and Lazy is a disease that leads to pain, hardship, depression, poor health and failure. Be pro active, and give a damn to achieve success!

Difference is not the opposite of harmony but its condition.

My name is Jimmy, but my friends just call me the hideous penguin boy.