An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original.

God did not intend religion to be an exercise club.

Naguib Mahfouz

Waste forces within him, and a desert all around, this man stood still on his way across a silent terrace, and saw for a moment, lying in the wilderness before him, a mirage of honourable ambition, self-denial, and perseverance. In the fair city of this vision, there were airy galleries from which the loves and graces looked upon him, gardens in which the fruits of life hung ripening, waters of Hope that sparkled in his sight. A moment and it was gone. Climbing to a high chamber in a well of houses, he threw himself down in his clothes on a neglected bed, and its pillow was wet with wasted tears.

Charles Dickens

The primacy of the word, basis of the human psyche, that has in our age been used for mind-bending persuasion and brain-washing pulp, disgraced by Gobbles and debased by advertising copy, remains a force for freedom that flies out between all bars.

Nadine Gordimer

When the gratitude of many to one throws away all shame, we behold fame.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Money won't buy happiness, but it will pay the salaries of a huge research staff to study the problem.

Bill Vaughan

Among those who dislike oppression are many who like to oppress.

Napoleon Bonaparte

I am delighted with the strong vote I have received. My message of positive leadership, patriotism and commitment clearly was resonating with tens of thousands of ordinary Irish people.

Michael D. Higgins

One irreducible residual of 38 years in the business is the number of lasting, loving friendships I have made.

Carroll O'Connor

Make a technical contribution; innovate, don't emulate.

David Packer

The three great American vices seem to be efficiency, punctuality, and the desire for achievement and success. They are the things that make the Americans so unhappy and so nervous.

Lin Yutang, The Importance of Li

The ideology of the Smashing Pumpkins was ultimately more valuable than the music of the Smashing Pumpkins. That's what critics can't put their finger on.

Billy Corgan

Just when you think that a person is just a backdrop for the rest of the universe, watch them and see that they laugh, they cry, they tell jokes ... they're just friends waiting to be made.

Dr. Jeffrey Borenstein