I'm a kind of paranoiac in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy.

John Keats / John Keats / John / Please put your scarf on.

Oh, God, if I'm anything by a clinical name, I'm a kind of paranoiac in reverse. I think people are plotting to make me happy.

Philosophers have hitherto only interpreted the world in various ways

It was wrong to be too pragmatic, to judge people solely by results; it was more humane to judge by intentions.

Lenin in 1921 observed very presciently that motion pictures were the most powerful tool ever invented to shape the way we thought. He was right. Political films can be successful.

Like People, animals will become frightened and likely do whatever you say if you whip them enough.

At any minute, I am four minutes from a poncho.

I made career decisions that came from the part of me who wanted to shun the limelight.

We hope for the future, then we reach for the past.

Nerdighters make me believe in America again.

Faith, Princess," the Prism Cat repeated. "It is a highly underrated weapon against the dark things in this world.

In history people dressed much better than we do today.