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It makes me wretched, Wilhelm, to think that there should be men incapable of appreciating the few things which possess a real value in life.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Never shall I dare implant a kiss on these lips where the spirits of heaven dwell.

It is the greatest and most genuine of pleasures to observe a great mind in sympathy with our own.

This sally somewhat nettled Wilhelm; but he concealed his sentiments, remembering that Werner used to listen with composure to his apostrophes.

Shall we go have a nice dinner in London? And,well, you can't, but I feel like getting a little foxed while we're at it.

I'd pity you," she said in a conversational tone. "But you know,you just aren't worth it. I'd pity your new son, too,but he won't be worth it either after you get done raising him to be just like you-that's if he's even really yours or just-" "Get out!" Mortimer cut in furiously.

I'm sorry I stood there like a half-wit, Count Petroff," she told him matter-of-factly, "but I was a bit--surprised. After all, it's not everyday that I see a man who's prettier than I am." (Alexandra)

Nothing sets a person so much out of the devil's reach as humility.

The word hairesis in Greek means choice; a heretic is one who is able to choose.

in the heart of the city? Mr. Gordon Creighton

If the past has been an obstacle and a burden, knowledge of the past is the safest and the surest emancipation.

A good manager is now by definition a leader. Equally, a good leader will also be a manger

I had heard my father say that he never knew a piece of land run away or break.

Every project has been found to be no better than committing the lamb to the custody of the wolf, except that one which is called a balance of power.

Here is everything which can lay hold of the eye, ear and imagination - everything which can charm and bewitch the simple and ignorant. I wonder how Luther ever broke the spell.

The nuclear weapons on board just one of our Trident submarines contain eight times the firepower expended in all of World War II.

Christ alive. Satan is a very beefy boy.

Not all of me is dust. Within my song, safe from the worm, my spirit will survive.

There is nothing in the world except empty curved space. Matter, charge, electromagnetism and other fields are only manifestations of the curvature of space.

And the truth is cold, as a giant's knee Will seem cold.

All things seem mention of themselves And the names which stem from them branch out to other referents. Hugely, spring exists again.

And hiding from darkness in barns They can be grownups now And the murderer's ash tray is more easily-- The lake a lilac cube.

The feedback that I get from my association with Gomez is heartwarming. It is very difficult for me to take anything but a positive view of the Gomez phenomenon.