I am conscious of my inability to grasp, in all its details and positive developments, any very large portion of human knowledge.

It was important, Dumbledore said, to fight, and fight again, and keep fighting, for only then could evil be kept at bay, though never quite eradicated. . . .

J.K. Rowling

The Bible is a revelation of the mind and will of God to men. Therein we may learn, what God is.

Jupiter Hammon

Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of everything.

Sydney Smith

I hate to say this, but I'll repeat it: After death, all we know that you do is stink.

Jack Kevorkian

I think that lawyers are terrible at admitting that they're wrong. And not just admitting it also realizing it. Most lawyers are very successful, and they think that because they're making money and people think well of them, they must be doing everything right.

Alan Dershowitz

There is a lot of strength and intelligence in Hollywood.

Fay Wray

The Earth is beautiful, and bright, and kindly, but that is not all. The Earth is also terrible, and dark, and cruel.

Ursula K. LeGuin, The Tombs of A

To disregard what the world thinks of us is not only arrogant but utterly shameless.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Music should never be harmless.

Robbie Robertson

These paper boats of mine are meant to dance on the ripples of hours, and not reach any destination.

Rabindranath Tagore

Death doesn't frighten me now I can think peacefully of ending a long life.

Jeanne Calment

Grief makes one hour ten

William Shakespeare