We need never be ashamed of our tears. (Charles Dickens)
There are so many different ways lives work out, so many stories, and every one of them is precious: full of joy and heartbreak, and a fair amount of situation comedy. (Sean Stewart)
Far from idleness being the root of all evil, it is rather the only true good. (Soren Kierkegaard)
A musicologist is a man who can read music but can't hear it. (Sir Thomas Beecham)
Whoever cultivates the golden mean avoids both the poverty of a hovel and the envy of a palace. (Horace)
He that lives on hope will die fasting. (American Proverb)
My wife is always trying to get rid of me. The other day she told me to put the garbage out. I said to her I already did. She told me to go and keep an eye on it. (Rodney Dangerfield)
When a man's knowledge is sufficient to attain, and his virtue is not sufficient to enable him to hold, whatever he may have gained, he will lose again. (Confucius)
People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed. (Samuel Johnson)
Art suffers the moment other people start paying for it. The more you need the money, the more people will tell you what to do. The less control you will have. The more bullshit you will have to swallow. The less joy it will bring. Know this and plan acco (Hugh Macleod)