Quotations

"Listen to them—the children of the night. What music they make!"

— Bram Stoker, Irish novelist, died April 20, 1912

"It is the eve of St. George's Day. Do you not know that tonight, when the clock strikes midnight, all the evil things in the world will have full sway?"

— Bram Stoker, Irish novelist, died April 20, 1912

"No man knows till he experiences it, what it is like to feel his own life-blood drawn away into the woman he loves."

— Bram Stoker, Dracula, novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, published, May 26, 1897 1847

"How blessed are some people, whose lives have no fears, no dreads; to whom sleep is a blessing that comes nightly, and brings nothing but sweet dreams."

— Bram Stoker, Irish author (Dracula), born November 8, 1847

"The last I saw of Count Dracula was his kissing his hand to me, with a red light of triumph in his eyes, and with a smile that Judas in hell might be proud of."

— Bram Stoker, Irish author, born November 8, 1847

"The most visible creators are those artists whose medium is life itself. The ones who express the inexpressible — without brush, hammer, clay, or guitar. They neither paint nor sculpt. Their medium is simply being. Whatever their presence touches has increased life. They see, but don't have to draw. Because they are the artists of being alive."

— Donna J. Stone, American poet, born 1933

"I told you and told you there was nothing to be afraid of."

— Jon Stone, American producer, co-created Sesame Street, born April 13, 1931

"As women, we understand our bodies, and there's a blossoming that occurs. We're hungry for gourmet meals instead of the fast food. We bring to life a more expansive understanding of life, ourselves, and others. We are more generous and assertive."

— Sharon Stone, American actress, born March 10, 1958

"You can't treat an illness with cosmetic surgery, and that's why it would be great if there were qualified therapists in plastic surgeons' offices, and that people would go to a therapeutic meeting before plastic surgery. I think that should be part of the FDA requirement."

— Sharon Stone, American actress, born March 10, 1958

"Ava Gardner was the most beautiful woman in the world, and it's wonderful that she didn't cut up her face. She addressed aging by picking up her chin and receiving the light in a better way. And she looked like a woman. She never tried to look like a girl."

— Sharon Stone, American actress, born March 10, 1958

"I've never been willing to lie about my age. Why on earth would I want to tell people I'm 35, which I'm not, and have them say, 'Oh that's nice,' when I could tell them I'm 47, which I am, and have them look at me and go, 'Whoa!'. I'm not afraid of aging. I stopped being afraid of life a long time ago."

— Sharon Stone, American actress, born March 10, 1958

"What's to be the reason for becoming man and wife, is it love that brings you here, or love that gives you life?"

— Paul Stookey, American singer, born December 30, 1937

"Woman draws her life from man and gives it back again, and there is love."

— Paul Stookey, American singer, born December 30, 1937

"So much has been said and sung of beautiful young girls, why doesn't somebody wake up to the beauty of old women."

— Harriet Beecher Stowe, American abolitionist and author, born June 14, 1811