History says, 'Don't hope on this side of the grave.'
The fastest manned vehicle in history was Apollo 10. It reached 25,000 mph.
I love history, doesn't matter what era, I'm fascinated.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Much that we read of Russia is imagination and desire only.
Life is only a dream and we are the imagination of ourselves.
One can live in the shadow of an idea without grasping it.
I had a pretty sexual imagination for a kid.
Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character.
Everything must change, everything must move forward.
No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.
To change ones life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly.
That is the thankless position of the father in the family - the provider for all, and the enemy of all.
Even one death is horrible.
I was ready to quit music. It felt to me like music equalled death.
But death's acquisitive instincts will win.
I don't want to hear about my death.
The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference, and undernourishment.
Death is something to savour, and I hope to savour mine.
Keep true to the dreams of your youth.
But are not the dreams of poets and the tales of travellers notoriously false?
