In life we pay for the evil that in life we do.

He was born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad.

Thirstily he set it to his lips, and as its cool refreshment began to soothe his throat, he thanked Heaven that in a world of much evil there was still so good a thing as ale.

Regret of neglected opportunity is the worst hell that a living soul can inhabit.

I am very poor - for a know nothing, understand nothing. It is not a calamitous condition until it is realized.

Only those become weary of angling who bring nothing to it but the idea of catching fish.

...it is human nature, I suppose, to be futile and ridiculous.

Truth is so often disconcerting.

To do what you imply would require nothing short of divine intervention. You must change man, not systems.

Only he who is without anything is without enemies.

There remained the sea, which is free to all, and particularly alluring to those who feel themselves at war with humanity.

We are here and it is now. Further than that, all human knowledge is moonshine.

You can be full of kindness and love, but you cannot sleep next to a mad dog.

Taste of metal on my tongue. Poison the color of envy- I'm delirious, you're delicious, I'm deluded and delusional. I'm lost without you. I need you.

I've always felt we weren't physical enough on the back line. Now there's a no - parking sign in front of our net.

To a writer, madness is a final distillation of self, a final editing down. It's the drowning out of false voices.

When I think about why I would be a writer, why I should continue to be a writer, it seems to me one of the few things you can dowhere you're never bored.

Filipino businessmen must have the ability to compete freely in the global economy.

I've always been a great lover of baseball.

A company is people … employees want to know… am I being listened to or am I a cog in the wheel? People really need to feel wanted.

Consistency is a virtue for trains.