There is no longer beauty except in the struggle. No more masterpieces without an aggressive character. Poetry must be a violent assault against the unknown forces in order to overcome them and prostrate them before men.

Experiencing sadness and anger can make you feel more creative, and by being creative, you can get beyond your pain or negativity.

Yoko Ono

Beware the barrenness of a busy life.

Socrates

Florida has been really cool to us. This is our first big club tour, and Pennywise has been really nice.

Brandon Thomas

The only sin passion can commit is to be joyless.

Dorothy L. Sayers

I know there are nights when I have power, when I could put on something and walk in somewhere, and if there is a man who doesn't look at me, it's because he's gay.

Kathleen Turner

Sooner or later, we sell out for money.

Tony Randall

The constant questioning of our values and achievements is a challenge without which neither science nor society can remain healthy.

Aage Niels Bohr

Through the practice of meditation, of calming and focusing our mind, as well as developing greater clarity and a sense of awareness, we train ourselves to recognize the wealth that was already there - the very wealth others fail to recognize.

Stephen Richards

Many people have observed that truth is stranger than fiction. This has led some intellectuals to conclude that it's stranger than non-fiction as well.

Brad Holland

The tendency of the casual mind is to pick out or stumble upon a sample which supports or defies its prejudices, and then to make it the representative of a whole class.

Walter Lippmann

Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures.

Samuel Johnson

Crippled things are always more beautiful. It's the flaw that brings out beauty.

Holly Black