You should read history and look at ostracism, persecution, martyrdom, and that kind of thing. They always happen to the best men, you know.
By: George Eliot
Related Quotes
Great art is an instant arrested in eternity... view
By: James Huneker
The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness... view
By: Honore de Balzac
There are lots of things which I would love to tell him, but in some way, I also feel that I lost the person closest to me. And I got a second chance to live. So in a way I feel that I live for both of us... and I will do my best... view
By: Petra Nemcova
Well, my constituents are happy that the Republican Party has finally gotten off its duff, seeing that we do control the House and the Senate and the presidency, and taken up the issue of illegal immigration... view
By: Dana Rohrabacher
I've gone through the village of my songwriting and my artistry, and I've gone through lots of different phases, including one where it has been very quiet and abandoned me for a few years... view
By: Carly Simon
I think the Democratic Party has picked a lot of the wrong candidates, the kind that Middle America, or people who are more down the middle and more rational, can't side with. I think that's been the problem... view
By: Glenn Danzig
I even played Jack Webb's partner on the radio version of Dragnet for a while... view
By: Martin Milner
Watergate showed more strengths in our system than weaknesses... The whole country did take part in quite a genuine sense in passing judgment on Richard Nixon... view
By: Archibald Cox
My dark side, my shadow, my lower companion is now in the back room blowing up balloons for kids' parties... view
By: Gary Busey
I was very sad to hear of the death of Ronnie Barker, who was such a warm, friendly and encouraging presence to have when I started in television. He was also a great comic actor to learn from... view
By: John Cleese
Searching is half the fun: life is much more manageable when thought of as a scavenger hunt as opposed to a surprise party... view
By: Jimmy Buffett
There is not a passion so strongly rooted in the human heart as envy... view
By: Richard Brinsley Sheridan