When the water of a place is bad it is safest to drink none that has not been filtered through either the berry of a grape, or else a tub of malt. These are the most reliable filters yet invented.

To share our stories is not only a worthwhile endeavor for the storyteller, but for those who hear our stories and feel less alone because of it.

Joyce Maynard

Hatred -- The anger of the weak.

Alphonse Daudet

Clarity affords focus.

Thomas Leonard

I will admit, like Socrates and Aristotle and Plato and some other philosophers, that there are instances where the death penalty would seem appropriate.

Jack Kevorkian

Let us work without theorizing,' said Martin; 'it is the only way to make life endurable.

Voltaire

Sometimes I like to play the soundtracks to famous musicals so we can all sing along. South Pacific is one of my favorites. Our neighbors must hate us.

Louise Brown

Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything.

Eugene Delacroix

Don't leave a piece of jewelry at his house so you can go back and get it later; he may be with his real girlfriend.

Amy Sedaris

If one hears bad music, it is one's duty to drown it by one's conversation.

Oscar Wilde

Do not make prayer a monologue -- make it a conversation.

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We cannot meet it the threat of dictatorship if we turn this country into a wishy-washy imitation of totalitarianism, where every mans hand is out for pabulum and virile creativeness has given place to the patronizing favor of swollen bureaucracy.

Vannevar Bush

Is my friend in the bunker or is the bastard on the green?

Anon.