Beauty without wit offers nothing but the enjoyment of its material charms, whilst witty ugliness captivates by the charms of the mind, and at last fulfils all the desires of the man it has captivated.

He who eats alone chokes alone.

Arabic Proverb

Statistically, the probability of any of us being here is so small that you'd think the mere fact of existing would keep us all in contented dazzlement of surprise.

Lewis Thomas

How is clean, painless nonexistence any worse than clean, painless death?

Orson Scott Card

Any healthy man can go without food for two days -- but not without poetry.

Charles Baudelaire

I think that if you keep your eyes and your ears open and you are receptive to learning, there are skills you can get from any job at all.

Cat Deeley

Funny is an attitude.

Flip Wilson

Buddhism has become a socially recognized religious philosophy for Americans, whereas it used to be considered an exotic religion.

Thurston Moore

Success in almost any field depends more on energy and drive than it does on intelligence. This explains why we have so many stupid leaders.

Sloan Wilson

True friendship can exist only between equals.

Plato

We think a happy life consists in tranquility of mind.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.

Samuel Johnson

There are many people in the world who really don't understand-or say they don't-what is the great issue between the free world and the Communist world. Let them come to Berlin!

John F. Kennedy