"loves are like empires: when the idea they are founded on crumbles, they, too, fade away."

-- Milan Kundera

#Ideas Quotes #Empires Quotes

“I was hungry and went out for a bite, ran into a chum with a bottle of rum and we wound up drinking all night.”
“What hope is there for medical scienceto ever become a true sciencewhen the entire structure of medical knowledgeis built around the idea that there is an entity called diseasewhich can be expelled when the right drug is found?”
“Our friends show us what we can do; our enemies teach us what we must do.”
“Czechoslovakia has ceased to exist.”
“Do you know, I think that of all your idiosyncrasies that choke you give, when you are determined not to laugh, is the one that most enchants me.”
“Tennis is all about mental toughness, and you have to keep your head in the game. I make time to relax away from competition pressures, travel and intense training schedules to make sure I'm looking after myself. Taking time out with family and friends helps to maintain the work-life balance everyone needs.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“In the world of words the imagination is one of the forces of nature.”

Source : Wallace Stevens (1997). “Collected Poetry and Prose”
“Trends that can't continue, won't.”

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