I shall be but a shrimp of an author.

And weep the more, because I weep in vain.

Commerce changes the fate and genius of nations.

He gave to misery (all he had) a tear.

Visions of glory, spare my aching sight.

Where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise.

The paths of glory lead but to the grave.

Youth smiles without any reason. It is one of its chiefest charms.

Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn.

Alas, regardless of their doom, the little victims play! No sense have they of ills to come, nor care beyond today.

If the best man's faults were written on his forehead, he would draw his hat over his eyes.

'Tis folly to be wise.

Too poor for a bribe, and too proud to importune, he had not the method of making a fortune.

I shall be but a shrimp of an author.

Rich windows that exclude the light, And passages that lead to nothing.

I don't have birthdays.

I mean, I think that - as an actress, in particular, I'm basically a fool, and I see the world upside down.

Cycling is not a sport its a lifestyle.

Having grown up as a young Army officer in the Vietnam era, I had an instinctual sort of notion that you have to look very carefully and weigh very carefully what anyone says.

I do believe states' rights was a sound doctrine that got hijacked by some unsavory customers for a while - like, 150 years or so. I'm professionally obliged to believe that knowledge is better than ignorance, but some kinds of forgetting are OK with me.

Very often we see coaches who have not been successful being recycled, instead of looking to a new face or a new name who has demonstrated the ability to handle the job.

Those authors who appear sometimes to forget they are writers, and remember they are men, will be our favorites.

I'll be one of the spokespeople, one of the people who sells the Administration's plans.

Sharad Pawar is paying tax.

I feel the older I get, the more I'm learning to handle life. Being on this quest for a long time, it's all about finding yourself.

It's one thing to sit back and say, 'Hey let's play a club, that will be great,' but then you get there and say, 'Hey wait, this is the dressing room? Where's my dressing room?'

I've always felt this, from when I was growing up to now with my son Riley. We don't let them be little. I was not a normal kid, but I had a sense of innocence far longer than we let kids.

As a teenager, my dad taught me about the idea of unintended consequences, and I've had the experience, and how to deal with it, pounded into my soul over the years.

I've been having this really weird anxiety dream about arriving too late or too early, and the people in charge are like, 'You have to leave! You have to go back to the hotel and get ready!' And I use the wrong exit, and I'm running down the red carpet in pyjamas, like, 'No! Don't look at me!'

China needs a currency that reflects underlying economic fundamentals.

We learned that economic growth and environmental protection can and should go hand in hand.

Like Jermaine was saying, it's a beautiful day, and we're just glad all of this is behind us. We can go on with our lives. And Michael can go on with his life and do what he does best, and that's making good music, making his fans happy, people happy all over the world.

I'm a small-town girl, and it'll never be beaten out of me.

I'm lucky. Hard work is the key, but luck plays a part.

Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is good for dandruff - it is a palliative rather than a remedy.

To me, a politician's job is to listen to constituents' problems and try to sort them out.

Because of my political views, I've been targeted as a lightning rod, someone who's too far out there.

In the unification of two minds, orientation of sexuality is irrelevant.

I had to learn chord shapes. I bought books with chord charts. I used to listen to all kinds of pop music.