The Communist Party said that I must finish my studies because after the revolution in Germany people would be required with technical knowledge to take part in the building of the Communist Germany.

Actually, if my business was legitimate, I would deduct a substantial percentage for depreciation of my body.

Xaviera Hollander

Doing mathematics should always mean finding patterns and crafting beautiful and meaningful explanations.

Paul Lockhart

Let us be true: this is the highest maxim of art and of life, the secret of eloquence and of virtue, and of all moral authority.

Henri Frederic Amiel

It can be kind of gruesome at times, making things alone.

Jenny Holzer

If you're truly in a band and you guys have been together for a long time, there's a family bond that you have. In fact, I've talked about this with therapists, especially if you're talking about a relationship, because when you're with somebody, you're going to your family, and she's alone.

Gary Allan

Lead us toward a speech, which is as beautiful as silence, and toward a silence, which is as beautiful as the sweetest and truest of words. (119)

Jean-Yves Leloup

Once in a while it really hits people that they don't have to experience the world in the way they have been told to.

Alan Keightley

I wake up every morning at nine and grab for the morning paper. Then I look at the obituary page. If my name is not on it, I get up.

Benjamin Franklin

Healthy people are those who live in healthy homes on a healthy diet in an environment equally fit for birth, growth work, healing, and dying... Healthy people need no bureaucratic interference to mate, give birth, share the human condition and die.

Ivan Illich

Certainly the Art of Writing is the most miraculous of all things man has devised.

Thomas Carlyle

The future will belong to those who have passion and are willing to work hard to make our country better.

Paul Wellstone

We believe in peace and peaceful development, not only for ourselves but for people all over the world.

Lal Bahadur Shastri