Thus man of all creatures is more than a creature, he is also a creator. Man alone can direct his success mechanism by the use of imagination, or imaging ability.

If you are young and you drink a great deal it will spoil your health, slow your mind, make you fat - in other words, turn you into an adult.

P. J. O'Rourke

I think, well, I've had a shit of a life, all things considered. It wasn't fair. Everyone I've ever loved is dead, and my leg hurts all the bloody time...but I think, any God that can do sunsets like that, a different one every night...'strewth, well, you've got to respect the old bastard, haven't you?

Neil Gaiman

Some of you read with me 40 years ago a portion of Aristotle's Ethics, a selection of passages that describe his idea of happiness. You may not remember too well.

Charles Van Doren

Every man would like to be God, if it were possible; some few find it difficult to admit the impossibility.

Bertrand Russell

God does not ask about our ability, but our availability.

Source Unknown

Artists know that diligence counts as much, if not more, as inspiration in art, as in politics, patience counts as much as revolution.

Tony Kushner

I'm interested in the human impact of the giant foot of misplaced government. After all, we encounter it every day.

Dave Eggers

No folly is more costly than the folly of intolerant idealism.

Sir Winston Churchill

You know, be an actor because you love to act. Don't be an actor because you think you're going to get famous, because that's luck.

Whoopi Goldberg

The administration of government, like a guardianship ought to be directed to the good of those who confer, not of those who receive the trust.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

People are so selfish. Those you help are the ones who turn against you.

Munshi Premchand

Beauty is only skin deep, and the world is full of thin skinned people

Richard Armour