Power has to be insecure to be responsive.

Nothing makes us so lonely as our secrets.

Paul Tournier

I used to call myself a single-issue voter on the essential question of defending civilization against its terrorist enemies and their totalitarian protectors, and on that 'issue' I hope I can continue to expose and oppose any ambiguity.

Christopher Hitchens

The day, water, sun, moon, night -- I do not have to purchase these things with money.

Plautus

Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.

Albert Einstein

The humorous story is told gravely; the teller does his best to conceal the fact that he even dimly suspects that there is anything funny about it.

Mark Twain

How time files when you's doin' all the talking.

Harvey Fierstein

If Charlton Heston can have a constitutional right carry a rifle, why can't grandma have a constitutional right to health care?

Al Sharpton

The acting is something that will always be a part of my life, but the writing gives me a lot more creative freedom. You're a pawn in somebody else's chess game, whereas as a writer and as a director, you get to call the shots. And that's very thrilling.

Amber Benson

We believe that it is possible for scientific work to gain some knowledge about the reality of the world, by means of which we can increase out power and in accordance with which we can arrange our life. If this belief is an illusion, then we are in the same position as you. But science has given us evidence by its numerous and important successes that it is no illusion.

Sigmund Freud

Do you remember his science project, Harry Sue, on the trajectory of spitballs? I tell you, that modest little display taught our students more about physics than I could accomplish in a weeklong unit at the middle school

Sue Stauffacher

If we can't stamp out literature in the country, we can at least stop its being brought in from outside.

Evelyn Waugh

If you have fear of those that command you, spare those that obey you.

Rabbi Ben Azai