I don't just try to be funny.

I've got a living to make, to put it plainly; there's more money in shocking and terrifying than in edifying.

Walford Bodie

There is probably nothing wrong with art for art's sake if we take the phrase seriously, and not take it to mean the kind of poetry written in England forty years ago.

Allen Tate

I've always had confidence. It came because I have lots of initiative. I wanted to make something of myself.

Eddie Murphy

The reason why we see that people of the greatest capacity are not rich, is either they despise wealth in comparison to something else, or, they are not content in getting an estate, unless they may do it in their own way, while at the same time enjoying all the pleasures and gratitude's of life.

Eustace Budgell

The first time I met you, I fell in love with you there and then, but you didn't notice me. Then you stood me up. And then I met you again and I hated you. Well, I tried to hated you, but then when you cleaned up after Welly... I fell in love with you all over again.

Alexandra Potter

Reading, solitude, idleness, a soft and sedentary life, intercourse with women and young people, these are perilous paths for a young man, and these lead him constantly into danger.

Jean Jacques Rousseau

When I hold you in my arms and I feel my finger on your trigger I know no one can do me no harm because happiness is a warm gun.

John Lennon

I watch movies occasionally, and I watch documentaries. Virtually nothing else.

Don DeLillo

Music is part of God's universe.

Cat Stevens

The multitude of books is a great evil. There is no limit to this fever for writing.

Martin Luther

Kindness gives birth to kindness.

Sophocles

Like almost everyone who uses e-mail, I receive a ton of spam every day. Much of it offers to help me get out of debt or get rich quick. It would be funny if it weren't so exciting.

Bill Gates