My father was always a straight-up funny guy. He was silly. He was my inspiration.

The only good imitations are those that poke fun at bad originals.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Moral laws are set as a curb and restraint to these exorbitant desires, which they cannot be but by rewards and punishments, that will over-balance the satisfaction any one shall propose to himself in the breach of the law.

John Locke

Technology causes problems as well as solves problems. Nobody has figured out a way to ensure that, as of tomorrow, technology won't create problems. Technology simply means increased power, which is why we have the global problems we face today.

Jared Diamond

When I design buildings, I think of the overall composition, much as the parts of a body would fit together. On top of that, I think about how people will approach the building and experience that space.

Tadao Ando

There're two people in the world that are not likeable: a master and a slave.

Nikki Giovanni

Beneath the rule of men entirely great,The pen is mightier than the sword.

Edward George BulwerLytton, Rich

It is well to love even a dog when you have the opportunity, for fear you should find nothing else worth loving

Louise Honorine de Choiseul

Despite crime's omnipresence, things work in society, because biology compels it. Order eventually restores itself, by psychic equilibrium.

Camille Anna Paglia

It is our failure to become our perceived ideal that ultimately defines us and makes us unique. It's not easy, but if you accept your misfortune and handle it right your perceived failure can become a catalyst for profound re-invention.

Conan O'Brien

God made man to go by motives, and he will not go without them, any more than a boat without steam or a balloon without gas.

Henry Ward Beecher

Do not wish to be anything except what you are.

St. Francis De Sales

With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.

Eleanor Roosevelt