A sculptor is a person who is interested in the shape of things, a poet in words, a musician by sounds.

A man may build himself a throne of bayonets, but he can't sit on it.

W. R. [William Ralph] Inge

Religious people often prefer to be right rather than compassionate. Often, they don't want to give up their egotism. They want their religion to endorse their ego, their identity.

Karen Armstrong

You define a good flight by negatives: you didn't get hijacked, you didn't crash, you didn't throw up, you weren't late, you weren't nauseated by the food. So you're grateful.

Paul Theroux

Education helps one case cease being intimidated by strange situations.

Maya Angelou

Some music really does suck!

Henry Rollins

For her fifth wedding, the bride wore black and carried a scotch and soda.

Phyllis Battelle

Every absurdity has a champion to defend it; for error is always talkative.

Oliver Goldsmith

A setback is a lesson to push you forward.

Habeeb Akande

Television is like the invention of indoor plumbing. It didn't change people's habits. It just kept them inside the house.

Alfred Hitchcock

If you're writing, you're starting in private. It can really be this amazing, private, freeing experience. Forget that it's for other people - that comes in later.

Lena Dunham

My childhood dreams were focused on being part of the effort to make humanity a multiplanetary species.

Peter Diamandis

Here's my throat. I carry no weapon. You could have killed me at any time, even when I knew you were my enemy. Why did you need to deceive me into trusting you first? Were you afraid that death wouldn't bother me enough, unless I felt betrayed?

Orson Scott Card