Over-commercialization and its resulting restrictions and limitations can be very damaging and distorting to the inherent nature of the individual. I did not deliberately abandon my fans, nor did I deliberately abandon any responsibilities.

Books are to be distinguished by the grandeur of their topics even more than by the manner in which they are treated.

Henry David Thoreau

I cannot see how a man of any large degree of humorous perception can ever be religious -- except he purposely shut the eyes of his mind and keep them shut by force.

Mark Twain

It was very bad if the council had resorted to recruiting men. By tradition men were our last line of defence, their physical strength bent towards the single and most important task of protecting our homes and children. This meant the council had decided that our only defence was to defeat the enemy, period. Anything else meant the end of Darre.

N.K. Jemisin

Food in Chicago is the best.

Lee DeWyze

He who avoids complaint invites happiness.

Abu Bakr

We have never yet had a labor Government that knew what taking power really means; they always act like second-class citizens.

Dora Russell

Sometimes I feel I hope I am not taking advantage of my stardom.

Salman Khan

An earthquake is such fun when it is over.

George Orwell

Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the worlds work, and the power to appreciate life.

Brigham Young

I think that slavery is wrong, morally, socially and politically. I desire that it should be no further spread in these United States, and I should not object if it should gradually terminate in the whole Union.

Abraham Lincoln

And I was some of the mud that got to sit up and look around. Lucky me, lucky mud.

Kurt Vonnegut

I don't believe that I'm better than anybody, but I do believe that I'll try harder than most and I hope that people just join me for a little bit of a ride.

Tom DeLonge