Without knowledge of what I am and why I am here, it is impossible to live, and since I cannot know that, I cannot live either. In an infinity of time, in an infinity of matter, and an infinity of space a bubble-organism emerges while will exist for a little time and then burst, and that bubble am I.

It's too easy to criticize a man when he's out of favour, and to make him shoulder the blame for everybody else's mistakes.

Leo Tolstoy

Rock 'n' roll is ridiculous. It's absurd. In the past, U2 was trying to duck that. Now we're wrapping our arms around it and giving it a great big kiss.

Bono

As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.

Albert Einstein

I never had any hang-ups about sex. As for being sexually repressed, nothing could be further from the truth. There are more hang-ups now than ever there were when I was growing up.

Mary Whitehouse

Instead of loving your enemies - treat your friends a little better.

E. W. Howe

Make a difference today for someone who's fighting for their tomorrow.

Jim Kelly

Tyranny and anarchy are never far apart.

Jeremy Bentham

From the beginning, I knew intuitively that if nothing else, music was safe, and that nobody could tell me anything about it. Music didn't need a middleman, whereas all the other things in school needed some kind of explanation.

Eric Clapton

Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance.

Sa'di

Only choose in marriage a man whom you would choose as a friend if he were a woman.

Joseph Joubert

Everything that ever happened to me that was important happened in the desert.

Michael Ondaatje

Lady, I do not make up things. That is lies. Lies are not true. But the truth could be made up if yo know how. And that's the truth.

Lily Tomlin