Tyrants have not yet discovered any chains that can fetter the mind.

The life of man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster.

David Hume

There's no reason for the establishment to fear me. But it has every right to fear the people collectively - I am one with the people.

Huey Newton

I'd love to be in the Hall of Fame one day and win Super Bowl rings, or even one... and stay healthy.

Eric Dickerson

You can't be a proper comic unless you've been out on stage and felt the fear.

Johnny Vegas

How strange this fear of death is! We are never frightened at a sunset.

George MacDonald

Mental illness can happen to anybody. You can be a dustman, a politician, a Tesco worker... anyone. It could be your dad, your brother or your aunt.

Frank Bruno

I went to dance classes from 9 in the morning until 1, then to school from 3 to 10 at night, always under the threat that if I failed a single course I could forget about dancing.

Victoria Abril

What happiness is there which is not purchased with more or less of pain?

Margaret Oliphant

But you play that passage like it's the -memory- of love. You're so young, yet you know desertion, abandonment. That's why you play that third movement the way you do. Most cellists, they play it with joy. But for you, it's not about joy, it's about the memory of a joyful time that's gone for ever.

Kazuo Ishiguro

To believe in nothing is as ridiculous as to believe in everything. Reason and factual evidence may convert a belief into knowledge.

Felix Alba-Juez

I'd love to fly, especially with the gas prices right now.

Joel Gretsch

The pressure on young chefs today is far greater than ever before in terms of social skills, marketing skills, cooking skills, personality and, more importantly, delivering on the plate. So you need to be strong. Physically fit. So my chefs get weighed every time they come into the kitchen.

Gordon Ramsay