Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.

Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.

P. J. O'Rourke

I had a happy marriage and a nice wife. I accomplished everything you can. What more can you want?

Max Schmeling

Working with David Cronenberg or Darren Aronofsky or even Steven Soderbergh isn't really like a typical Hollywood movie. These are true artists, and have a certain amount of freedom when they work, and they're more like independent filmmakers making their way through big studios.

Vincent Cassel

There is in God, some say, a deep but dazzling darkness.

Madeleine L'Engle

I wanted to buy a candle holder, but the store didn't have one. So I got a cake.

Mitch Hedberg

Whether that coherence obtains universally is a question that need not be answered here since only those parts where the coherence has actually been found become part of Science.

Wilhelm Ostwald

If you have great talents, industry will improve them: if you have but moderate abilities, industry will supply their deficiency.

Sir Joshua Reynolds

Humor is the great thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up, all our irritation and resentments slip away, and a sunny spirit takes their place.

Mark Twain

There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth not going all the way, and not starting.

Buddha

In the investigation of a neurotic style of life, we must always suspect an opponent, and note who suffers most because of the patient's condition. Usually this is a member of the family.

Alfred Adler

I read Popular Mechanics, Popular Science, Reader's Digest... I read some responsible journalism, and from that, I form my own opinions. I also happen to be intelligent, and I question everything.

Gary Coleman

A leader must have the courage to act against an expert's advice.

James Callaghan