“I should, many a good day, have blown my brains out, but for the recollection that it would have given pleasure to my mother-in-law.”

Tis the perception of the beautiful, A fine extension of the faculties, Platonic, universal, wonderful, Drawn from the stars, and filtered through the skies, Without which life would be extremely dull

A pretty woman is a welcome guest.

Though I love my country, I do not love my countrymen.

I stood among them, but not of them: in a shroud of thoughts which were not their thoughts.

Man, being reasonable, must get drunk; the best of life is but intoxication.

If a man proves too clearly and convincingly to himself…that a tiger is an optical illusion–well, he will find out he is wrong.

Absence – that common cure of love.

Gone, glimmering through the dream of things that were.

And I would hear yet once before I perish The voice which was my music… Speak to me!

If I could always read, I should never feel the want of company.

There is something pagan in me that I cannot shake off. In short, I deny nothing, but doubt everything.

Adversity is the first path to truth.

The great object of life is Sensation – to feel that we exist – even though in pain – it is this “craving void” which drives us to gaming – to battle – to travel – to intemperate but keenly felt pursuits of every description whose principal attraction is the agitation inseparable from their accomplishment.

But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.

The heart will break, but broken live on.

What is fame? The advantage of being known by people of whom you yourself know nothing, and for whom you care as little.

When I read that Khal Drogo role, I was blown away. I couldn’t believe it was happening. I had to have that role.

The day I die or retire, I have blown all my chances because I don’t have the chance any more to change my image as an F1 driver.

John Arne Riise was deservedly blown up for that foul

I understand that my son loves me and I love him, and everything just really got blown out of proportion, and I’m OK with that.

I’ve definitely had a few moments in my life where I’ve seen somebody and it’s blown me away at first sight

If I’m gonna get my balls blown off for a word, my word is “poontang”.