Every state of society is as luxurious as it can be. Men always take the best they can get.

Be smarter than other people, just don't tell them so.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

When things are bad, we take comfort in the thought that they could always get worse. And when they are, we find hope in the thought that things are so bad they have to get better.

Malcolm Forbes

We tell lies when we are afraid... afraid of what we don't know, afraid of what others will think, afraid of what will be found out about us. But every time we tell a lie, the thing that we fear grows stronger.

Tad Williams

Nothing matters very much, and few things matter at all.

Arthur Balfour

There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed.

Woodrow Wilson

I'm in that comfortable niche where I'm not that famous and sometimes people do need to put a barrier between them and their followers. When you're real famous you need to do that but I'm not that famous so I don't need that kind of barrier.

Tony Levin

I got a lot of support from my parents. That's the one thing I always appreciated. They didn't tell me I was being stupid they told me I was being funny.

Jim Carrey

If anybody says he can think about quantum physics without getting giddy, that only shows he has not understood the first thing about them.

Neils Bohr

Like all pure creatures, cats are practical.

William S. Burroughs

The want of money is the root of all evil.

Samuel Butler

I'm learning to play by the rules. I sort of hate to think of it that way, but that's how it is. I'm really learning to function out there and in such a way that I don't need to drink.

Dana Plato

The first principle of success is desire -- knowing what you want. Desire is the planting of your seed.

Robert Collier