What can be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric of heaven and earth could come by chance, when all the skill of science is not able to make an oyster.

There have been in this century only one great man and one great thing: Napoleon and liberty. For want of the great man, let us have the great thing.

Victor Hugo

He who is not a good servant will not be a good master.

Plato

I got a lovely check today from being a writer that I earned by sitting at home. That's rewarding.

Harvey Fierstein

To give is to receive...

Gerald G. Jampolsky

In the old days, a TV sync was perceived as not so cool or whittling away at your indie cred. Now it's seen as much more of an opportunity than a sellout, as a way to find fans who wouldn't have ordinarily come across their genre of music.

Alexandra Patsavas

A true initiate will never force anyone who has not reached a certain level of maturity to accept his truth.

Franz Bardon

Fear makes us feel our humanity.

Benjamin Disraeli

O, beware, my lord, of jealousy;It is the green-ey'd monster, which doth mockThe meat it feeds on.

William Shakespeare

On banks, I make no apology for attacking spivs and gamblers who did more harm to the British economy than Bob Crow could achieve in his wildest Trotskyite fantasies, while paying themselves outrageous bonuses underwritten by the taxpayer. There is much public anger about banks and it is well deserved.

Vince Cable

I am shocked by the easy attitude of many in the media towards disclosing our Nation's secrets.

Todd Tiahrt

Optimization hinders evolution.

Anon.

In Kenya women are the first victims of environmental degradation, because they are the ones who walk for hours looking for water, who fetch firewood, who provide food for their families.

Wangari Maathai