I have a scheme for stopping war. It's this - no nation is allowed to enter a war till they have paid for the last one.

From the lowest animals of which we can affirm intelligence up to man this type of intellect is found.

Edward Thorndike

The lovesick, the betrayed, and the jealous all smell alike.

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

We are threatened with suffering from three directions: from our own body, which is doomed to decay and dissolution and which cannot even do without pain and anxiety as warning signals; from the external world, which may rage against us with overwhelming and merciless forces of destruction; and finally from our relations to other men. The suffering which comes from this last source is perhaps more painful than any other.

Sigmund Freud

Even when poetry has a meaning, as it usually has, it may be inadvisable to draw it out... Perfect understanding will sometimes almost extinguish pleasure.

A. E. Housman

You're safer in the race car than you are in cars going to and from the track.

Mario Andretti

The heart is half a prophet.

Yiddish Proverb

Lies are neither bad nor good. Like a fire they can either keep you warm or burn you to death, depending on how they're used.

Max Brooks

Sense of humor is important in life, not just in clothing. How boring to live a life in beige.

Jean Pigozzi

Things are done according to money these days.

Shirley MacLaine

This book is about physics and its about physics and its relationship with mathematics and how they seem to be intimately related and to what extent can you explore this relationship and trust it.

Roger Penrose

When you stop being afraid you feel good

Spencer Johnson

Most people I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing in return and I do very well in the bargain.

Francois Fenelon