If you look at history you'll find that no state has been so plagued by its rulers as when power has fallen into the hands of some dabbler in philosophy or literary addict.

Poetry is an orphan of silence. The words never quite equal the experience behind them.

Charles Simic

A country that relies on aid? Death is better than that. It stops you from achieving your potential, just as colonialism did.

Imran Khan

The most watched programme on the BBC, after the news, is probably 'Doctor Who.' What has happened is that science fiction has been subsumed into modern literature. There are grandparents out there who speak Klingon, who are quite capable of holding down a job. No one would think twice now about a parallel universe.

Terry Pratchett

I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.

Jane Austen

Self-consciousness of the manner is the expensive substitute for simplicity.

George Eliot

I also had a mistaken attitude towards certain comrades.

Bela Kun

In the information age, you don't teach philosophy as they did after feudalism. You perform it. If Aristotle were alive today he'd have a talk show.

Timothy Leary, "Evening Standard

Vitality shows not only in the ability to persist, but in the ability to start over.

Source Unknown

The sweetest honey is loathsome in its own deliciousness. And in the taste destroys the appetite. Therefore, love moderately.

William Shakespeare

Don't judge me. I made a lot of money.

Samantha Bee

The last time somebody said, 'I find I can write much better with a word processor.', I replied, 'They used to say the same thing about drugs.'

Roy Blount, Jr.

The library was open for one hour after school let out. I hid there, looking at art books and reading poetry.

Lynda Barry