"Theodosius was chaste and temperate; he enjoyed, without excess, the sensual and social pleasures of the table, and the warmth of his amorous passions was never diverted from their lawful objects. The proud titles of Imperial greatness were adorned by the tender names of a faithful husband, an indulgent father; his uncle was raised, by his affectionate esteem, to the rank of a second parent."

-- Edward Gibbon

#Uncles Quotes #Husband Quotes #Father Quotes

“Whatever be our individual, social or other interests, we should not forget that we have only one cosmic home, Earth.”
“I love athletics. As an athlete, I like to believe I can still do the things I used to do when I was once young.”
“I freely admit that I am a bit of a misfit.”
“I did radio, I did television, I did opera, I did films in which I had very, very little to say. But I had a lot of experience in front of the camera, and that's what really counts”

Source : "Listen Back To A 1990 Interview With Actor Christopher Lee". "Fresh Air" with Dave Davies, www.npr.org. June 12, 2015.
“I'm just glad it'll be Clark Gable who's falling on his face and not Gary Cooper.”

Source : "Gone with the Wind/ Trivia". www.imdb.com. 1939.
“Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, the world offers itself to your imagination...”
“Titanic got 14 nominations one per lifeboat.”
“I know. I was hoping," I say. "Exactly. Because you're desperate," says Haymitch. I don't argue because, of course, he's right.”

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