Lies are told only to convey to someone that one has no need either of him or his good opinion.

Every work of art is an uncommitted crime.

People have so manipulated the concept of freedom that it finally boils down to the right of the stronger and richer to take from the weaker and poorer whatever they still have.

Once the last trace of emotion has been eradicated, nothing remains of thought but absolute tautology.

Love is the power to see similarity in the dissimilar.

There is no love that is not an echo.

Knowledge, which is power, knows no limits, either in its enslavement of creation or in its deference to worldly masters.

The power of the culture industry's ideology is such that conformity has replaced consciousness

For a man who no longer has a homeland, writing becomes a place to live.

True thoughts are those alone which do not understand themselves.

Freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed choices.

That's what underwear is for, girls, so if an emergency happens you only show your cookies to the people you love.

Strategy is methodical, but the one who steers chaos and randomness can steer God.

A nimble sixpence is better than a slow shilling.

On the whole, God’s love for us is a much safer subject to think about than our love for Him.

Clergymen have much the same in their breeches as other men.

A lot of the reason my look is the way it is, is because it's really easy to put on a sundress every night if I have to perform - or just wear jeans every day and a flannel or something.

As a struggling actor, youre not looking for parts that define you; youre just looking for work.

Grey is the devil's favorite color.

I'm addicted to documentaries. That's all I watch on television.

Disfranchisement is the deliberate theft and robbery of the only protection of poor against rich and black against white.