Thomas Jefferson made a comment about the Presidency and age. He said that one should not worry about one's exact chronological age in reference to his ability to perform one's task. And ever since he told me that, I stopped worrying.

I have two very rare photographs. One is a picture of Houdinilocking his keys in his car. The other is a rare photograph ofNorman Rockwell beating up a child.

Steven Wright

My theory is that all women have hydrofluoric acid bottled up inside, he wrote.

Kurt Vonnegut

The ordinary man looking at a mountain is like an illiterate person confronted with a Greek manuscript.

Aleister Crowley

What the eye does not admire the heart does not desire.

Proverb

At the end of the day, if there was indeed some Body or presence standing there to judge me, I hoped I would be judged on whether I had lived a true life, not on whether I believed in a certain book, or whether I'd been baptized. If there was indeed a God at the end of my days, I hoped he didn't say, But you were never a Christian, so you're going the other way from heaven. If so, I was going to reply, You know what? You're right. Fine.

Lance Armstrong

There are German songs which can make a stranger to the language cry.

Mark Twain

His wit and irony - particularly when he uses them to condemn superstition - are inimitable

Bertrand Russell

All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit.

Thomas Paine

It is not my intention to be fulsome, but I confess that I covet your skull.

Arthur Conan Doyle

Among my activities was membership in the Boy Scouts I rose each year through the ranks, eventually achieving the rank of Eagle Scout and undertaking leadership roles in the organization.

Frederick Reines

I think most art comes out of poverty and hard times.

Willie Nelson

The meaning of religious truth is hope

Andrei Tarkovsky