Rue Morgue Quotes

#1. By undue profundity, we perplex and enfeeble thought; and it is possible to make even Venus herself vanish from the firmament by a scrutiny too sustained, too concentrated, or too direct.
The Murders in the Rue Morgue

Edgar Allan Poe

#2. My job is to provide the atmosphere and assistance to the contestants to get them to perform at their very best. And if I'm successful doing that, I will be perceived as a nice guy, and the audience will think of me as being a bit of a star.

Alex Trebek

#3. When a man marries, it's proof he can't govern his life. He needs a governess

Bangambiki Habyarimana

#4. I cocked my fist back, remembering what Brendan had taught me. "Don't aim for your target. You'll have more of an impact that way."
I was aiming for China.

Cara Lynn Shultz

#5. I have before suggested that a genuine blackguard is never without a pocket-handkerchief.

Edgar Allan Poe

#6. The depth lies in the valleys where we seek her, and not upon the mountain-tops where she is found.

Edgar Allan Poe

#7. PETA is not happy that my dog likes fresh air.

Mitt Romney

#8. I'm trying to create the world around myself to be a place of as much equality and openheartedness as possible.

Robin Thicke

#9. The best chess-player in Christendom may be little more than the best player of chess; but proficiency in whist implies capacity for success in all those more important undertakings where mind struggles with mind.

Edgar Allan Poe

#10. Come out to view / the truth of flowers blooming / in poverty.

Matsuo Basho