People who would never sneer at sci-fi and murder mysteries have no trouble damning the whole romance genre without reading one.
Anthropology was the science that gave her the platform from which she surveyed, scolded and beamed at the world.
There are times when even the most potent governor must wink at transgression, in order to preserve the laws inviolate for the future.
In what is probably his last play, shakespeare returned to the themes of 'the two gentlemen of verona', one of his first.
They offered me one cover about 10 years ago, and I said, no, I can't do it. I'm happy to cover up now.
There are going to be good days and bad days... And you have to learn to fight through that.
In my life, I've seen enormous increase in the consumption of poetry. When I was young, there were virtually no poetry readings.
I like to move around. It suits me. I grew up in Wiltshire on a farm, and that's the only place I call home.
I have always been strong. My mentality is just that way; that's why I've been around so long.
I was well motivated. What I wanted to do was work for myself. I had twenty two jobs before I started my business at the age of twenty three and I didn't want one more boss telling me what to do. So I was motivated simply because I didn't want a boss.
For me from a pretty young age up until about 21 years old hallucinogenics had a huge place in my life.
In a spiritually sensitive culture, then, it might well be that age is something to be admired or envied.
Language... Has created the word 'loneliness' to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word 'solitude' to express the glory of being alone.
I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for the most part more lonely when we go abroad among men than when we stay in our chambers. A man thinking or working is always alone, let him be where he will.
I finally faced the fact that it isn't a crime not having friends. Being alone means you have fewer problems.
Unlike a drop of water which loses its identity when it joins the ocean, man does not lose his being in the society in which he lives. Man's life is independent. He is born not for the development of the society alone, but for the development of his self.