Without God there is for mankind no purpose, no goal, no hope, only a wavering future, an eternal dread of every darkness.

Alcohol is necessary for a man so that he can have a good opinion of himself, undisturbed be the facts.

Finley Peter Dunne

I know enough about European politics to know you've got a lot of crazy people who make their way onto the ballot.

Karl Rove

The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.

Sir Winston Churchill

Philosophy, astronomy, and politics were marked at zero, I remember. Botany variable, geology profound as regards the mud stains from any region within fifty miles of town, chemistry eccentric, anatomy unsystematic, sensational literature and crime records unique, violin player, boxer, swordsman, lawyer, and self-poisoner by cocaine and tobacco.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Money and religion are perfect alloy.

Toba Beta

But in the meantime I became accustomed to the writing life and it would be hard to change now - partly because of the salary cut if I went to my other love, teaching; and partly because I still have stories to tell, even though it isn't all that fun doing the work anymore.

Orson Scott Card

With the truth, you need to get rid of it as soon as possible and pass it on to someone else. As with illness, this is the only way to be cured of it. The person who keeps truth in his hands has lost.

Jean Baudrillard

Nobody minded what you did in bed or what you said about God, a very civilized attitude in 1948.

Simon Raven

Genius, when young, is divine.

Benjamin Disraeli

I literally was famous before I knew my own name.

Corey Feldman

I hate slick and pretty things. I prefer mistakes and accidents. Which is why I like things like cuts and bruises - they're like little flowers. I've always said that if you have a name for something, like 'cut' or 'bruise,' people will automatically be disturbed by it. But when you see the same thing in nature, and you don't know what it is, it can be very beautiful.

David Lynch

Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.

Walter Scott