It is old age, rather than death, that is to be contrasted with life. Old age is life’s parody, whereas death transforms life into a destiny: in a way it preserves it by giving it the absolute dimension. Death does away with time. – Simone De Beauvoir
Gardens are not made by singing ‘Oh, how beautiful,’ and sitting in the shade. – Rudyard Kipling
The comedian on learning from mistakes. – Moms Mabley
Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse. – Jawaharlal Nehru
Beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and devil are fighting there, and the battlefield is the heart of man. – Fyodor Dostoevsky
When our work is spread in many areas, then we cann’t do anything without any support. – Carmel McConnell
I believe cats to be spirits come to earth. A cat, I am sure, could walk on a cloud without coming through. – Jules Verne
There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast. – Charles Dickens
Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth. – Abraham Lincoln
Music is God’s gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we take to Heaven. – Walter Savage Landor
On earth there is no heaven, but there are pieces of it. – Jules Renard
I do not believe that civilization will be wiped out in a war fought with the atomic bomb. Perhaps two-thirds of the people of the earth will be killed. – Albert Einstein