You're the man who stands on the street corner with a roll of toilet paper, and written on each square are the words, 'I love you.' And each passer-by, no matter who, gets a square all his or her own. I don't want my square of toilet paper.'I didn't realize it toilet paper.

Political language. . . is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.

George Orwell

You can't map a sense of humor. Anyway, what is a fantasy map but a space beyond which There Be Dragons? On the Discworld we know that There Be Dragons Everywhere. They might not all have scales and forked tongues, but they Be Here all right, grinning and jostling and trying to sell you souvenirs.

Terry Pratchett

You begin with the possibilities of the material.

Robert Rauschenberg

What do I think of Western civilization? I think it would be a very good idea.

Mahatma Gandhi

And I believe that reading and writing are the most nourishing forms of meditation anyone has so far found. By reading the writings of the most interesting minds in history, we meditate with our own minds and theirs as well. This to me is a miracle.

Kurt Vonnegut

Your face is your calling card, but you're not so famous that you can't go out.

Vincent Schiavelli

Life is like a beautiful melody, only the lyrics are messed up.

Hans Christian Andersen

Bring something incomprehensible into the world!

Gilles Deleuze

Fear can be headier than whiskey, once man has acquired a taste for it.

Donald Downes

The more business one has, the more you are able to accomplish, for you learn to economize your time.

Sir Matthew Hale

I cannot tell what the dickens his name is

William Shakespeare

The essence of man is, discontent, divine discontent; a sort of love without a beloved, the ache we feel in a member we no longer have.

Jos