The struggle between Liberty and Authority is the most conspicuous feature in the portions of history with which we are earliest familiar, particularly in that of Greece, Rome, and England.

A great artist is a great man in a great child.

Victor Hugo

When I grew up, in Taiwan, the Korean War was seen as a good war, where America protected Asia. It was sort of an extension of World War II. And it was, of course, the peak of the Cold War. People in Taiwan were generally proAmerican. The Korean War made Japan. And then the Vietnam War made Taiwan. There is some truth to that.

Ang Lee

Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.

H. L. Mencken

All you can be sure about in a political-minded writer is that if his work should last you will have to skip the politics when you read it. Many of the so-called politically enlisted writers change their politics frequently . Perhaps it can be respected as a form of the pursuit of happiness.

Ernest Hemingway

How can a girl look so innocent and so hot at the same time?

Angela Richardson

[E]xceptional claims demand exceptional evidence.

Christopher Hitchens

After two weeks of working on a project, you know whether it will work or not.

Bill Budge

All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn... American writing comes from that. There was nothing before. There has been nothing as good since.

Ernest Hemingway

What is most original in a man's nature is often that which is most desperate. Thus new systems are forced on the world by men who simply cannot bear the pain of living with what is. Creators care nothing for their systems except that they be unique. If Hitler had been born in Nazi Germany he wouldn't have been content to enjoy the atmosphere.

Leonard Cohen

Being single doesn't mean you're weak. It means that you're strong enough to wait for what you deserve.

Niall Horan

How people treat other people is a direct reflection of how they feel about themselves.

Paulo Coelho

Life never works out the way you think it will. But you just have to deal with it.

Kyle Shewfelt