Not a shred of evidence exists in favor of the idea that life is serious.

It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentional lying, that there is so much falsehood in the world.

Samuel Johnson

Show me one thing here on earth which has begun well and not ended badly. The proudest palpitations are engulfed in a sewer, where they cease throbbing, as though having reached their natural term: this downfall constitutes the heart's drama and the negative meaning of history.

E. M. Cioran

I wear a necklace, cause I wanna know when I'm upside down.

Mitch Hedberg

We pay a heavy price for our fear of failure. It is a powerful obstacle to growth. It assures the progressive narrowing of the personality and prevents exploration and experimentation. There is no learning without some difficulty and fumbling. If you want to keep on learning, you must keep on risking failure all your life.

John W. Gardner

We live in an age of mediocrity.

Lauren Bacall

To my mind the election was stolen by George Bush and we have been suffering ever since under this man's leadership.

Jessica Lange

There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.

Epictetus

All kids need is a little help, a little hope and somebody who believes in them.

Magic Johnson

During the 1950s, Aristotle Onassis and I formed what grew to be a close friendship and association in several business ventures.

Paul Getty

Barack Obama is the worst president in history. In my generation, we'll inherit a weakened country, drug cartels in Mexico, tax cartels in D.C. What's happened to America? I love Arizona. I was raised right. Somebody has to go to Washington and knock the hell out of the place.

Ben Quayle

But thoughts don't care about truth and shit. They sit up in your mind and fuck with you whenever.

Richard Pryor

The only people you can really share certain things with in secret are your girlfriends.

Shirley Knight