While people argue with one another about the specifics of Freud's work and blame him for the prejudices of his time, they overlook the fundamental truth of his writing, his grand humility: that we frequently do not know our own motivations in life and are prisoners to what we cannot understand. We can recognize only a small fragment of our own, and an even smaller fragment of anyone else's, impetus.

The only good luck many great men ever had was being born with the ability and determination to overcome bad luck.

Channing Pollock

It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link of the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.

Winston Churchill

A fly may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still.

Samuel Johnson

I was born left-handed, but I was made to use my other hand. When I was writing 'Famished Road,' which was very long, I got repetitive stress syndrome. My right wrist collapsed, so I started using my left hand. The prose I wrote with my left hand came out denser, so later on I had to change it.

Ben Okri

I never drink water because of the disgusting things that fish do in it.

W. C. Fields

I do not know how the third world war will be fought, but I can tell you what they will use in the fourth... rocks.

Albert Einstein

I once said to my father, when I was a boy, 'Dad we need a third political party.' He said to me, 'I'll settle for a second.'

Ralph Nader

Pretty much, Apple and Dell are the only ones in this industry making money. They make it by being Wal-Mart. We make it by innovation.

Steve Jobs

I wanted to reach out and stroke her, to be gentle and tender towards her. Take care of her.

James Lusarde

I can get a better grasp of what is going on in the world from one good Washington dinner party than from all the background information NBC piles on my desk.

Barbara Walters

Sex is... perfectly natural. It's something that's pleasurable. It's enjoyable and it enhances a relationship. So why don't we learn as much as we can about it and become comfortable with ourselves as sexual human beings because we are all sexual?

Sue Johanson

Love demands infinitely less than friendship.

George Jean Nathan