If I read as many books as most men do, I would be as dull-witted as they are.

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.

Love is the strangest, most illogical thing in the world.

Las lágrimas que no se lloranesperan en pequeños lagos?O serán ríos invisiblesque corren hacia la tristeza?

(Georgie) Two hundred years later and it's exactly the same thing. You want to spend every single moment with your children and still have a fulfilling life at work.

Be a burst of joy.

Stand-up comedy is still a very male-dominated world. You look at a set list and maybe there's one woman on there.

Neuroscientists are finding that what passes as a typical presentation is usually the worst way to engage your audience.

But you do have to start young as a dancer if you're going to achieve the physical skills necessary.

The shortest definition of religion: interruption.

I only got the opportjnity to co-host a talk show because I failed at news.

The Dark Dark is a far slower project, clearly, and that's a relief. I look for slowness anywhere I can find it.