It is with fine sentiments that bad literature is made. Descend to the bottom of the well if you wish to see the stars.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.

One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.

A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.

Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.

We should enjoy this summer, flower by flower, as if it were to be the last one we’ll see.

Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.

Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.

The thing I am most aware of is my limits. And this is natural; for I never, or almost never, occupy the middle of my cage; my whole being surges toward the bars.

True intelligence very readily conceives of an intelligence superior to its own; and this is why truly intelligent men are modest.

Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.

There is only one Human race but many nations with diverse tribes.

Life is full of games. Be a proactive player. Most importantly, know who is throwing at you, what and why. When you do, life becomes fun...

I don't want to see the military falling. I want to see the military rising to dignified heights of professionalism and true patriotism.

Standing armies shall in time be totally abolished.

Why is our fancy to be appalled by terrific perspectives of a hell beyond the grave?

The New Englanders, by their canting, whining and insinuating tricks, have persuaded the rest of the colonies that the government is going to make absolute slaves of them.

I don't want to do anything to revisit Freaks and Geeks that isn't awesome.

An undevout poet is an impossibility.

Am I a rock star? Yeah, I guess.