the most common type of pessimism is neither philosophical nor religious: it is the pessimism of thwarted desire. ... It is the… — Georgia Harkness Copy Share Image
I am a forest, and a night of dark trees: but he who is not afraid of my darkness, will find banks… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
But thou art fair, and at thy birth, dear boy, Nature and Fortune join'd to make thee great: Of Nature's gifts thou… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
The days of wine and roses laugh and run away like a child at playThrough the meadow land toward a closing doorA… — Johnny Mercer Copy Share Image
Anyone can love a rose, but it takes a lot to love a leaf. It's ordinary to love the beautiful, but it's… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
No matter how irrelevant social class now is, even the most eager egalitarian must be quietly proud that the posh English rose… — Kate Reardon Copy Share Image
I'm more of a person that's very dominant, and you'll feel my presence more than you see it. I'm more of a… — Jade Cargill Copy Share Image
The real shame about the ending of the Guns N' Roses when I got kicked out wasn't just that I got kicked… — Steven Adler Copy Share Image
Luke rose to his feet. "I'm taking five minutes for some air. I'll be back. " He felt them watching him as… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“How is it different?" He rolled his head back, sable hair falling down on his shoulders. "With Rose I knew what to… — Ilona Andrews Copy Share Image
On Friday the 13th, April 2029, an asteroid large enough to fill the Rose Bowl as though it were an egg cup… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
On the first of May, with my comrades of the catechism class, I laid lilac, chamomile and rose before the altar of… — Sidonie Gabrielle Colette Copy Share Image
And if it happened to be a Christmas-night when the great bell seemed to rattle in its throat as it called the… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“My God, what did I do to deserve such a reward? This was how I wanted to wake for the rest of… — Tish Thawer Copy Share Image
But along with all of that it was, "Oh, isn't he a great storyteller? Oh, it's that why I married him? Isn't… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
“A pale, slightly luminescent form materialized in front of us. Mason. He looked the same as ever-or did he? The usual sadness… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
Certes, they been lye to hounds, for an hound when he cometh by the roses, or by other bushes, though he may… — Geoffrey Chaucer Copy Share Image
I think it was in the Rose Garden where I issued this brilliant statement: If I had a magic wand -- but… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
When I was a kid a long time ago, when the sun rose, I was outside on my bike. If my parents… — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
I would say that if you don't believe that Jesus of Nazareth was the Christ and Messiah, and that he rose again… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
He exhaled loudly and raked a hand through the sable brown hair he always kept stylishly messy. "Look, Rose. You don’t have… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
All night have the roses heard The flute, violin, bassoon; All night has the casement jessamine stirr'd To the dancers dancing in… — Alfred Lord Tennyson Copy Share Image
I always love it whenever Rose delivers one of her witty one-liners—particularly when it’s a completely serious situation. The contrast always amuses… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
I rose to the top real quick, and I was surrounded by Triple H, Ric Flair, Shawn Michaels, Undertaker, these guys who… — Randy Orton Copy Share Image
The Republican convention, an event with the intellectual content of a Guns'n'Roses lyric attended by every ofay insurance brokerin America who owns… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Wow. What'd he do to deserve that? Rescue orphans from a burning building? If so, you might want to make sure he… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
Have you ever seen a donkey smelling a beautiful rose? Donkeys aren't interested in roses, they like thorn bushes or watermelon rinds! — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
Axl [Rose] is not the type of person to make something up. So I was sort of shocked that he went that… — Slash Copy Share Image
You're beautiful in battle. ... Like an avenging angel come to deliver the justice of heaven." "Funny. That is kind of why… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
Anything you're interested in the world - whether it be Charlie Rose or JetBlue or a public figure or your local coffee… — Jack Dorsey Copy Share Image
In the actual world--the painful kingdom of time and place--dwell care, and canker, and fear. With thought, with the ideal, is immortal… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
A sudden dart when a little over a hundred feet from the end of the track, or a little over 120 feet… — Orville Wright Copy Share Image
When wine drinkers tell me they taste notes of cherries, tobacco and rose petals, usually all I can detect is a whole… — Joel Stein Copy Share Image
Son--they say there isn't any royalty in this country, but do you want me to tell you how to be king of… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
It is only by enlarging the scope of one’s tastes and one’s fantasies, by sacrificing everything to pleasure, that the unfortunate individual… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Rose quartz is said to be the stone of unconditional love. This crystal opens the heart chakra and is believed to encourage… — Miranda Kerr Copy Share Image
“Love is no rose. It's a goddam weed that digs its roots in deep, there's no hope of getting it out. -… — Nalini Singh Copy Share Image
Go inwards. Find your inner space, and suddenly, you will find an explosion of light, of beauty, of ecstasy -as if suddenly… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Everything is perfect on the street again, the world is permeated with roses of happiness all the time, but none of us… — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
I had no idea how many famous people [Andy Cohen] have unintentionally and hilariously insulted of late: Charlie Rose, his cousin Amber… — Anderson Cooper Copy Share Image