"To fail to love is not to exist at all."

-- Mark Van Doren

#Love Quotes #Love Is Quotes #Failing Quotes

“I think the honesty not only shines through in my work, but also my personal life. And I get in trouble for being honest. I'm extremely old-fashioned. I'm a nobleman. I'm chivalrous.”
“What happened in the past is just that, the past. Champion or not.”
“For a nothing, Charlie Brown, you're really something!”
“To make good photographs, to express something, to contribute something to the world he lives in, and to contribute something to the art of photography besides imitations of the best photographers on the market today, that is basic training, the understanding of self.”
“The silver Thames takes some part of this county in its journey to Oxford.”

Source : John Aubrey (1969). “Natural history of Wiltshire”
“When it was announced that Michael Keaton was going to be Batman, everyone was mad. When they announced that Val Kilmer was going to be Batman, everyone was mad. When it was announced that George Clooney was going to be Batman, everyone was mad. When it was announced that Christian Bale was going to be Batman, everyone was mad. And everyone was mad about Ben Affleck. So every single incarnation, people are going to be mad; you just can't do anything about it.”
“The joy I get from winning a major championship doesn't even compare to the feeling I get when a kid writes a letter saying: 'Thank you so much. You have changed my life.'”
“Just listen,â€ she said. â€œYou canâ€™t kill him in cold blood.â€ â€œWhyever not?â€ Ye gods grant me patience. â€œBecause heâ€™ll be dead,â€ she said as patiently as she could, â€œand Lady Claraâ€™s reputation will be stained forever. Do not, I pray you, do anything, Lord Longmore. Leave this to us.â€ â€œUs.â€ â€œMy sisters and me.â€ â€œWhat do you propose? Dressing him to death? Tying him up and making him listen to fashion descriptions?”

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