In love as in sport, the amateur status must be strictly maintained.Quote by Robert Graves about love, sport
A masterpiece is something said once and for all, stated, finished, so that it's there complete in the mind, if only at the back.Quote by Virginia Woolf about literature, mind
In it he proves that all things are true and states how the truths of all contradictions may be reconciled physically, such as for example that white is black and black is white; that one can be and not be at the same time; that there can be hills...Quote by Hector Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac about philosophy, magic, example, things, time
Money is power, and in that government which pays all the public officers of the states will all political power be substantially concentrated.Quote by Andrew Fletcher about money, concentration, power, public
Your work is carved out of agony as a statue is carved out of marble.Quote by Louise Bogan about work
My father was a statesman, I am a political woman. My father was a saint. I am not.Quote by Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi about opinion, saints, woman
Speed has never killed anyone, suddenly becoming stationary... that's what gets you.Quote by Jeremy Clarkson about speed
The construction of a poem equals the carving in marble of a statue, or just only a statuettes. The composition of a statuary group sends you to prose.Quote by Barbu Cioculescu about literature
Death – a station that allows only individual access. A train with no destination, but the departure.Quote by Mariana Fulger about death, trains
The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution protects the right of the individual to keep and bear firearms. Okay fine, but is the Constitution going protect us, from these weapons getting into the hands of those that wish to inflict...Quote by Robert M. Hensel about politics, wish, rightness, people
With compassion you can die for other people, like the mother who can die for her child. You have the courage to say it because you are not afraid of losing anything, because you know that understanding and love is the foundation of happiness. But...Quote by Thich Nhat Hanh about courage, children, fear, mother, happiness, love, people