The old Quaker was right: I expect to pass through life but once. If there is any kindness, or any good thing I can do to my fellow beings, let me do it now. I shall pass this way but once.

I don't need to hang out in a posse and try to act cool.

Jeremy London

Growing old is not growing up.

Doug Horton

The problem with leaderless uprisings taking over is that you don't always know what you get at the other end. If you are not careful you could replace a bad government with one much worse!

Chinua Achebe

Almost all crime is due to the repressed desire for aesthetic expression.

Evelyn Waugh

I don't know if bliss is possible and I've always thought that my best times will be later in life.

Alison Krauss

I'm not here for your amusement. You're here for mine.

John Lydon Rotten

I believe the war on terror is the vital discussion of this decade and of our generation, probably. To win the war on terror, you need a good offense and a good defense. On defense, I regret to say, basically, this administration has not come close to doing what is necessary.

Charles Schumer

Everything that is beautiful and noble is the product of reason and calculation.

Charles Baudelaire

The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.

Fran Lebowitz

The most beautiful things are not associated with money; they are memories and moments. If you don't celebrate those, they can pass you by.

Alek Wek

the mind is a neural computer

Steven Pinker

The operation of the imagination in life is more significant than its operation in or in relation to works of art... in life what is important is the truth as it is, while in arts and letters what is important is truth as we see it.

Wallace Stevens