In war, the army is not merely a pure consumer, but a negative producer.

A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind.

Traditionalists are pessimists about the future and optimists about the past.

The cities and mansions that people dream of are those in which they finally live.

Adding highway lanes to deal with traffic congestion is like loosening your belt to cure obesity.

A day spent without the sight or sound of beauty, the contemplation of mystery, or the search of truth or perfection is a poverty-stricken day; and a succession of such days is fatal to human life.

Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.

A man of courage never needs weapons, but he may need bail.

Forget the damned motor car and build the cities for lovers and friends.

Restore human legs as a means of travel. Pedestrians rely on food for fuel and need no special parking facilities.

To curb the machine and limit art to handicraft is a denial of opportunity.

It takes courage to fail.

Men may fight the battle, but women wage the war.

The last time she was up here, she had been... staring up at the sky and dreaming of stars. Now, she looked down and plotted flames.

It is important to keep in mind that our bodies must work pretty well, or their wouldn't be so many humans on the planet.

I have touch'd the highest point of all my greatness And from that full meridian of my glory I haste now to my setting.

Government! Government! What do I get for all I give, I'd like to know! Potholes and bombs!

Booze is flowing all unknowing; grandma downs a few, smiles and giggles happily enjoying her new brew.

And Vishous. . . V was the worst of them. He stood by the door, staring into space. Icy before, he was glacial now, a sinkhole in the room. -Phury's thoughts

We need to build up society in the light of the Beatitudes, walking towards the Kingdom with the least among us.

People were threatened, folks was put in jail just because we wanted people to try to register to vote.