A stand can be made against invasion by an army; no stand can be made against invasion by an idea.fr.: On resiste a l'invasion des armees; on ne resiste pas a l'invasion des idees

The lunatic fringe wags the underdog.

H. L. Mencken

Reason can wrestle and overthrow terror.

Euripides

The television critic, whatever his pretensions, does not labor in the same vineyard as those he criticizes; his grapes are all sour.

Frederic Raphael

As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods.They kill us for their sport.

William Shakespeare

As great scientists have said and as all children know, it is above all by the imagination that we achieve perception, and compassion, and hope.

Ursula K. Le Guin

A library of wisdom, is more precious than all wealth, and all things that are desirable cannot be compared to it. Whoever therefore claims to be zealous of truth, of happiness, of wisdom or knowledge, must become a lover of books.

Plato

Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, This is a misfortune but To bear this worthily is good fortune.

Marcus Aurelius

If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time.

Chinese Proverb

The changes in our life must come from the impossibility to live otherwise than according to the demands of our conscience not from our mental resolution to try a new form of life.

Leo Tolstoy

'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels' is a good one because it not only turned out, I think, to be a really funny movie but it was also a delight to shoot. We were in the South of France, working with Glenne Headly and Michael Caine and Frank Oz the director - who were just fun.

Steve Martin

We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.

Voltaire (FrançoisMarie Arouet)

When I testified in front of Congress, I know that I was testifying under oath and I told the truth.

Rafael Palmeiro