I have had four happy days in my life, and three of them turned out to be illusions.

It is human nature to instinctively rebel at obscurity or ordinariness.

Don't let the past steal your present. This is the message of Christmas: We are never alone.

I have been the victim of heartless malice.

Mankind adores its betrayers, and murders its saviors.

I like animals because they are not consciously cruel and don't betray each other.

It is inevitable, that eventually the people will demand absolute security from the state... And absolute security is absolute slavery.

A wise man distrusts his neighbor. A wiser man distrusts both his neighbor and himself. The wisest man of all distrusts his government.

Learning should be a joy and full of excitement. It is life's greatest adventure; it is an illustrated excursion into the minds of the noble and the learned.

Corrupt citizens breed corrupt rulers, and it is the mob who finally decides when virtue shall die.

Giving a phenomenon a label does not explain it.

Stagnation is death. With love, accept and welcome changes.

An illusion threatens no one with harm. Neither can it be dispelled by armed force.

The Golden Rule of Parenting is do unto your children as you wish your parents had done unto you!

The most important thing is to not stop questioning.

Men simply don't understand how women are. They think there's some other kind.

Some venues are more intimidating than others, but as professional players you enjoy the intimidating places more than the other kind.

Yes, Marines are down in jungle land and they did kill a man in a war, and a great many people did not know anything about it.

Art doesn't sell itself, it has to be sold.

I bought a dog the other day. . . . I named him Stay. It's fun to call him. . . . "Come here, Stay! Come here, Stay!" He went insane. Now he just ignores me and keeps typing.

When that churl Death my bones with dust shall cover.