Einmal ist keinmal, says Tomas to himself. What happens but once, says the German adage, might as well not have happened at all. If we have only one life to live, we might as well not have lived at all.

The dead should not rule the living

Thomas Jefferson

The United States are a political state, or organized society, whose end is government, for the security, welfare, and happiness of all who live under its protection.

William H. Seward

I have never been a critic of science fiction as a whole.

Robert Sheckley

When a milestone is conquered, the subtle erosion called entitlement begins its consuming grind. The team regards its greatness as a trait and a right. Half hearted effort becomes habit and saps a champion.

Pat Riley

Ladies of Fashion starve their happiness to feed their vanity, and their love to feed their pride.

Charles Caleb Colton, Lacon, 182

Ads featuring real women and real beauty are such a necessary component to offset the potentially dangerous programming out there for little girls.

Rashida Jones

The world itself is the will to power - and nothing else! And you yourself are the will to power - and nothing else!

Friedrich Nietzsche

If you can dream it, you can do it. Always remember this whole thing was started by a mouse.

Walt Disney

It is only the minority of people who seek self-improvement or personal growth. This is because whatever one's self-criticisms, one secretly really believes that one's way of being is okay and probably the only correct one. They are alright as they are, and all problems are caused by other people's selfishness, unfairness, and by the external world.

David R. Hawkins

Writing fiction has become a priestly business in countries that have lost their faith.

Gore Vidal

It is awfully important to know what is and what is not your business.

Gertrude Stein

Farce is tragedy played at a thousand revolutions per minute.

Sir John Mortimer