From shit, thus, I extract pure Shinola

I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren't trying to teach us. We are formed by little scraps of wisdom.

I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.

Any fact becomes important when it's connected to another.

How clear everything becomes when you look from the darkness of a dungeon.

You are always born under the wrong sign, and to live in this world properly you have to rewrite your own horoscope day by day.

Not bad, not bad at all, " Diotallevi said. "To arrive at the truth through the painstaking reconstruction of a false text.

…the more things you know, or pretend to know, the more powerful you are. It doesn’t matter if things are true. What counts, remember, is to possess a secret.

It’s quite possible that mortality is simply the result of poor education.

The Templars' mental confusion makes them indecipherable. That's why so many people venerate them.

How clear everything becomes when you look from the darkness of a dungeon!

All these handsome guys are the same. When they're done combing their goddam hair, they beat it on you.

I'm lucky to have the privilege of being able to choose what I want to do.

I have a very solo career. I only write with people that I really adore.

As a kid, you dream of winning the Stanley Cup. As you get older, you understand the importance of winning the Olympics.

Obviously, I'm in a visual business, and people will talk to me about my appearance.

Anyone who tries to make a living as a painter knows you can't lounge about waiting for inspiration to hit; nothing motivates like keeping a roof over your head.

I never set out to do anything unusual or newsworthy. I just like to study and learn, and I've always been that way.

Every need brings in what's needed. Pain bears its cure like a child.

The thing I care about is my weight - I'm as fanatical about it as a member of Girls Aloud. I weigh myself every morning. I know exactly what I want to be - 82kg - and I try to stick to it.

What's bad for the country is always good for The Nation.