And those who only know the non-platonic love have no need to talk of tragedy. In such love there can be no sort of tragedy.

Photography suits the temper of this age -- of active bodies and minds. It is a perfect medium for one whose mind is teeming with ideas, imagery, for a prolific worker who would be slowed down by painting or sculpting, for one who sees quickly and acts decisively, accurately.

Edward Weston

With guys I revere, like Marcus Garvey or Malcolm X, their look is less about style than purpose and the expression of beauty. It wasn't just about being noticed, you know?

Mos Def

Philosophy is to the real world as masturbation is to sex.

Karl Marx

As a rule, my focus is on classical music, but I love jazz. I love everything, actually.

Julie Andrews

How little we really know about the life all around us. Would we be so cavalier and ruthless with it if we understood it better?

William Longgood

I grew up in a Ukrainian Catholic-turned-Christian household, and that is my family's faith.

Vera Farmiga

Manners are like the shadows of virtues, they are the momentary display of those qualities which our fellow creatures love and respect.

Sydney Smith

Capitalism is a social system based on the recognition of individual rights, including property rights, in which all property is privately owned.

Ayn Rand, Capitalism: The Unknow

The basis of a democratic state is liberty.

Aristotle

The country that owns green, that dominates that industry, is going to have the most energy security, national security, economic security, competitive companies, healthy population and, most of all, global respect.

Thomas Friedman

The world is starving for original and decisive leadership.

Bryant McGill

My work is like my vacation, so in a way every day is like Saturday.

Ludacris