Have the courage of your desire.

I don't mind dying before you do. In fact, I rather prefer it that way.

Orson Scott Card

Atheism leaves a man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation; all of which may be guides to an outward moral virtue, even if religion vanished; but religious superstition dismounts all these and erects an absolute monarchy in the minds of men.

Francis Bacon

All literature consists of whatever the writer thinks is cool. The reader will like the book to the degree that he agrees with the writer about what's cool.

Steven Brust

Socrates famously said that the unconsidered life is not worth living. He meant that a life lived without forethought or principle is a life so vulnerable to chance, and so dependent on the choices and actions of others, that it is of little real value to the person living it. He further meant that a life well lived is one which has goals, and integrity, which is chosen and directed by the one who lives it, to the fullest extent possible to a human agent caught in the webs of society and history.http://www.acgrayling.com/meaningintro.html

A. C. (Anthony Clifford) Graylin

If you improve or tinker with something long enough, eventually it will break or malfunction.

Arthur Bloch

There is no intrinsic worth in money but what is alterable with the times, and whether a guinea goes for twenty pounds or for a shilling, it is the labor of the poor and not the high and low value that is set on gold or silver, which all the comforts of life must arise from.

Bernard Mandeville

One of the joys our technological civilization has lost is the excitement with which seasonal flowers and fruits were welcomed; the first daffodil, strawberry or cherry are now things of the past, along with their precious moment of arrival. Even the tangerine -- now a satsuma or clementine -- appears de-pipped months before Christmas.

Derek Jarman

Peace?' said Vetinari. 'Ah, yes, defined as period of time to allow for preparation for the next war.

Terry Pratchett

Mumford &amp Sons' music appeals to a lot of America. I'm really proud of them.

Ellie Goulding

I met Drew Barrymore in New York and she said she liked the band. That was really cool. I grew up on her.

Meg White

What a good thing Adam had. When he said a good thing he knew nobody had said it before.

Mark Twain

There is a physical relationship with a woman that you don't have with anybody else, but that's not about love. Love is a spiritual thing.

Ziggy Marley