I often observe the absurdity of dreams, but never dream of the absurdity of my waking thoughts.

A democracy is no more than an aristocracy of orators. The people are so readily moved by demagogues that control must be exercised by the government over speech and press.

The condition of man... is a condition of war of everyone against everyone.

Government is necessary, not because man is naturally bad... but because man is by nature more individualistic than social.

Hell is truth seen too late.

Humans are driven by a perpetual and restless desire of power.

The right of nature... is the liberty each man hath to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature; that is to say, of his own life.

How could a state be governed, or protected in its foreign relations if every individual remained free to obey or not to obey the law according to his private opinion.

Life in the state of nature is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.

It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law

Curiosity is the lust of the mind.

The revelation that personal truth can be the foundation of comedy, that outrageousness can be cleansing and healthy…

The moment you think that there is no path before you, path disappears! The moment you think the opposite, path appears! All paths need people who see them!

Admiration is a very short-lived passion that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object.

Mama and Daddy King represent the best in manhood and womanhood, the best in a marriage, the kind of people we are trying to become.

Last summer was probably the biggest disappointment of my career, but now I have something bad with which to balance the good. I will no longer take anything for granted.

Mitochondrial DNA, which is a sort of abridged version of DNA, is passed directly from mother to child, so it's something that can be looked at to trace matrilineal descent.

Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world.

Ideas have consequences.

I'm like a shark, right at the top of the food chain. I take what I want, when I want. I truly am the reflection of perfection.

If you sit in a position where decisions that you take would have a serious effect on people, you can't ignore a lot of experience around the world which says this drug has these negative effects.