Love is blind; but it makes you see the blind man; teetering on the roadside . . .

Only in art will the lion lie down with the lamb, and the rose grow without thorn.

Religious belief is without reason and without dignity, and its record is near-universally dreadful.

Probably human cruelty is fixed and eternal. Only styles change.

My life looked good on paper - where, in fact, almost all of it was being lived.

When the past is forgotten, the present is unforgettable

Closure is a greasy little word which, moreover, describes a nonexistent condition. The truth, Venus, is that nobody gets over anything.

Perhaps there are other bits of my life that would take on content, take on shadow, if only I read more and thought less about money.

When you’ve lost all your play, guess what love becomes. Work. Work that gets harder every hour.

Every 10 years you're a different person, and the really great books evolve with you as you get older. They're full of new rewards.

Addictions do come in handy sometimes: at least you have to get out of bed for them.

DOOR MONEY” To focus on door money means one is paying so much attention to the amount of money they are making at the door they do not consider there is much more profit to be made inside a venue.

The law is an opinion with a gun.

Words are the small change of thought.

Few of us know what we are capable of doing... we have never pushed ourselves hard enough to find out. Alfred

Like one of any minority, I have experienced prejudice.

American families don't work. There is an illusion that they do.

All the true heroes of history will be forgotten and all the villains will be remembered as heroes.

I think that not relying too heavily on one bank and one bank manager is a good rule to learn.

Free trade, one of the greatest blessings which a government can confer on a people, is in almost every country unpopular.

I don't think in any language. I think in images.