"A man's ideal, like his horizon, is constantly receding from him as he advances toward it."

“Maybe I'm too busy being yours to fall for somebody new.”

Source : "Song: 'Do I Wanna Know?'". 2013.

“Novelists have to love humanity to write anything worthwhile. Poets have to love themselves.”

“Joy's smile is much closer to tears than laughter.”

“I like one nice man because he gets three tickets for the cinema so we've got somewhere to put our coats. He passes the test. I've been quite surprised because I really didn't expect to be wined and dined, and it's quite nice.”

Source : "Anne Robinson: My husband was the weakest link... but now I'm looking for a new man". Interview with Rebecca Hardy, www.dailymail.co.uk. August 29, 2009.

“I am an engineer, but what I find important and necessary is that you just learn things as you go along.”

“You know what's funny? I don't ever feel the need to escape. I have a strong marriage. I like my life. You hear about these guys having midlife crises - I don't see that happening to me.”

“To entertain at home is both a relief and a rediscovery - of rooms and settings, of your favorite things, and particularly of your own tastes and ideas.”

Source : Martha Stewart, Elizabeth Hawes (1982). “Entertaining”, Clarkson Potter

“You can love someone so much...But you can never love people as much as you can miss them.”