As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action: you liberate a city by destroying it. Words are to confuse, so that at election time people will solemnly vote against their own interests.

Don't go away. I don't want to be alone. I can't stand being alone.

Arnold Rothstein

Winning is not everything, but wanting to win is.

Vince Lombardi

One must be something in order to do something.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

There are two ways to aquire the niceties of life:1) To produce them or2) To plunder them.When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men living together in society, they create for themselves in the course of time, a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it.

Paul Ambroise Valery, Economic S

I dig science fiction, though it was never really my thing.

Yancy Butler

Inner beauty should be the most important part of improving one's self.

Priscilla Presley

I was seldom able to see an opportunity until it had ceased to be one.

Mark Twain

Always the aim for me is making people feel like they are not alone. That's just the greatest feeling.

Zooey Deschanel

I think films about men are often about characters who don't want to express their feelings. You're supposed to kind of admire them for not expressing their feelings. And I feel that's a bit dull. Women's stories often have stronger emotional content, which I enjoy doing. What I really love doing is mixing that with humor.

Nigel Cole

Your problem is to bridge the gap which exists between where you are now and the goal you intend to reach.

Earl Nightingale

The sun is but a morning star.

Henry David Thoreau

The American Judicial System is the best appearance of justice that money can buy!

Don Mashak