Education levels are highly and negatively correlated to religious belief. In other words, ignorance is bliss.

Maybe you think life is not worth living, but is death worth dying for?

It is by no haphazard chance that in every age men have risen early to pray. The first thing that marks decline in spiritual life is our relationship to the early morning.

Luckily my parents were not against my ambition, they've always been very supportive. But they were adamant that I went to university first.

Hey, Cunningham - Andy Warhol called. You're at 14:55 and we're tickin' big-time here, Chachi.

To keep demands as much skill as to win.

Love can conquer everything but reality. Which will win every stinking time.

Sweeping from butcher's stalls, dung, guts, and blood, Drown'd puppies, stinking sprats, all drench'd in mud, Dead cats, and turnip-tops, come tumbling down the flood.

People who snack sometimes sometimes eat kind of thoughtlessly and end up eating a lot more. But in principle, it's a really good idea if you can exert the kind of discipline needed.

I really just love to read, period, whether it be books or magazines or the back of the cereal box. It's the one thing I can always count on to calm me down, take me away and inspire me, all at once.

What's a philosopher?' said Brutha. Someone who's bright enough to find a job with no heavy lifting,' said a voice in his head.

Mistakes are the byproduct of action - and thus an accurate gauge of effort.