More people have been slaughtered in the name of religion than for any other single reason. That, my friends, that is true perversion.

President Kennedy was willing to go to war. He was not a coward. The man had been in war and so had Ken O'Donnell. He was ready to protect this nation, but he was not ready for a military solution just because it was being rammed down his throat.

Kevin Costner

Man flows at once to God when the channel of purity is open.

Henry David Thoreau

I've only been to Ireland once, and I felt I would wake up with voices in my head, almost like music, and that if I were a songwriter, I would be very inspired.

Steven Patrick Morrissey

seperti telah kubuktikan kepadamu, aku bisa membuat kesalahan seperti orang lain. Malah, karena aku -maafkan aku- agak lebih pintar daripada sebagian besar orang, kesalahanku cenderung lebih besar juga.

J.K. Rowling

But there was happiness elsewhere which no description can reach.

Jane Austen

The whole history of civilization is strewn with creeds and institutions which were invaluable at first, and deadly afterwards.

Walter Bagehot

When I think of all the harm the Bible has done, I despair of ever writing anything equal to it.

Oscar Wilde

Orlando's a really cool guy. They hired him for 'Lord of the Rings' out of drama school. He's very new at this still and doesn't have a lot of experience. So we were in this together and we've tried to help each other out. We felt very equal which was good.

Diane Kruger

Poetry is something that happens in universities, in creative writing programs or in English departments.

Mark Strand

Love of country is like love of woman -- he loves her best who seeks to bestow on her the highest good.

Felix Adler

Be patient and understanding. Life is too short to be vengeful or malicious.

Phillips Brooks

To predict the behavior of ordinary people in advance, you only have to assume that they will always try to escape a disagreeable situation with the smallest possible expenditure of intelligence.

Friedrich Nietzsche