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“Two children, all alone and no one by, Holding their tattered frocks, thro'an airy maze Of motion lightly threaded with nimble feet Dance sedately; face to face they gaze, Their eyes shining, grave with a perfect pleasure.”
Source : Laurence Binyon (1926). “Laurence Binyon”
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“On what does the Christian argument for Immortality really rest? It stands upon the pedestal on which the theologian rests the whole of historical Christianity-the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.”
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“I can trace every romance of my life back to a meal. My memories are enhanced by the tender morsels had at tables across from lovers, on blankets with friends who'd eventually become more, in banquets, barbecues, and breakfasts.”
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“The government is huge, stupid, greedy and makes nosy, officious and dangerous intrusions into the smallest corners of life - this much we can stand. But the real problem is that government is boring. We could cure or mitigate the other ills Washington visits on us if we could only bring ourselves to pay attention to Washington itself. But we cannot.”
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“Not only did I manage to accidentally meet the man I’m investigating, I managed to accidentally have sex with him.”
Source : J. L. Langley (2008). “The Englor Affair”, p.88, Samhain Publishing
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“You cannot stay on the summit forever; you have to come down again. So why bother in the first place? Just this: What is above knows what is below, but what is below does not know what is above. One climbs, one sees. One descends, one sees no longer, but one has seen. There is an art of conducting oneself in the lower regions by the memory of what one saw higher up. When one can no longer see, one can at least still know.”
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“Language makes infinite use of finite media.”
Source : Wilhelm von Humboldt, Wilhelm Humboldt (Freiherr von) (1972). “Linguistic variability & intellectual development”, Univ of Pennsylvania Pr
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“I feel like all my faults go into making the person that I am. I like myself as a person. And I think taking any fault away would change who I am as a person.”
Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com. 
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“And for you kids watching at home, remember, the less homework you do and the closer you sit to the TV, the more points you get.”
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“It is at the heart of our human enterprise, that is to say, at the heart of society, to allow consensus a power it ought not to have.”
Source : Jesse Ball (2014). “Silence Once Begun: A Novel”, p.216, Vintage
