You see that's what I think is such a terrible, terrible betrayal, the trust that people have in government.

The sciences of today are business enterprises run on business principles. Research in large institutes is not guided by Truth and Reason but by the most rewarding fashion, and the great minds of today increasingly turn to where the money is - which means military matters.

Paul Karl Feyerabend

Twenty children can never play together for twenty years

Michael Adelowo

War-making is one of the few activities that people are not supposed to view realistically; that is, with an eye to expense and practical outcome. In all-out war, expenditure is all-out, unprudent -- war being defined as an emergency in which no sacrifice is excessive.

Susan Sontag

Accord, n. Harmony.

Ambrose Bierce

It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place.

H. L. Mencken

American freedom consists largely in talking nonsense.

Edward W. Howe

My house has always been like everyone's house. You walk in, you're a part of the family, no matter who you are, what celebrity status you are, everyone is treated the same - with love from my mom.

Vinny Guadagnino

But she knew that no matter what beauty lay behind, it must remain there. No one could go forward with a load of aching memories.

Margaret Mitchell

He says every story has at least some truth in it, even if most are made up.

Darren Shan

Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see one exquisite picture, and, if possible, speak a few sensible words.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Proper names are poetry in the raw. Like all poetry they are untranslatable.

W. H. Auden

When the first living thing existed, I was there waiting. When the last living thing dies, my job will be finished. I'll put the chairs on the tables, turn out the lights, and lock the universe behind me as I leave.

Neil Gaiman