It is a maxim, that those, to whom everybody allows the second place, have an undoubted title to the first.

Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.

We have enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.

For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.

Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.

That the universe was formed by a fortuitous concourse of atoms, I will no more believe than that the accidental jumbling of the alphabet would fall into a most ingenious treatise of philosophy.

Promises and pie-crust are made to be broken.

When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.

You should never be ashamed to admit you have been wrong. It only proves you are wiser today than yesterday

The sight of you is good for sore eyes.

He was a bold man that first ate an oyster.

Writing is something you do alone. Its a profession for introverts who want to tell you a story but don't want to make eye contact while doin

Economists state their GNP growth projections to the nearest tenth of a percentage point to prove they have a sense of humor.

The Japanese have a word for it. It's Judo - the art of conquering by yielding. The Western equivalent of Judo is, "Yes dear".

I'm a big fan of shock value humour and I find myself being most comfortable when I make other people uncomfortable. Is that sick of me? I really like it.

Amazing, isn't it, that our prayers...can move the very heart of God who created the universe?

Because to write, one must truly suffer.

The easy part of being an artist is figuring out the message that everyone else is ready to hear. The hard part is waiting for the proper lull to make the announcement.

I'm very lucky with my metabolism.

What is artistically good is whatever articulates and presents feeling to our understanding.