How incessant and great are the ills with which a prolonged old age is replete.

In politics shared hatreds are almost always the basis of friendships.

Alexis de Tocqueville

I'm clearly most well known for my music. Eventually, ultimately, I'll be writing books. I'm still writing articles now. I just consider myself a writer.

Alanis Morissette

Rejection isn't a sign of failure. Rejection is a reminder that there's always room for improvement.

Ana Hart

People find life entirely too time-consuming.

Stanislaw Lec

How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.

William Shakespeare

The artist is the child of his time; but woe to him if he is also its disciple, or even its favorite.

Friedrich von Schiller

Men lack heart; they would not make a friend of it.

Blaise Pascal

There's no telling what might have happened to our defense budget if Saddam Hussein hadn't invaded Kuwait that August and set everyone gearing up for World War II. Can we count on Saddam Hussein to come along every year and resolve our defense-policy debates? Given the history of the Middle East, it's possible.

P. J. O'Rourke

I don't know why people think child actresses in particular are screwed up. I see kids everywhere who are totally bored. I've never been bored a day in my life.

Jodie Foster

I hate slick and pretty things. I prefer mistakes and accidents. Which is why I like things like cuts and bruises - they're like little flowers. I've always said that if you have a name for something, like 'cut' or 'bruise,' people will automatically be disturbed by it. But when you see the same thing in nature, and you don't know what it is, it can be very beautiful.

David Lynch

Your imagination is your preview of life's coming attractions.

Albert Einstein

A great many people think they are thinking when they are really rearranging their prejudices.

Edward R. Murrow