Man is the measure of all things, of things that are that they are, and of things that are not that they are not.

Man is the measure of all things.

No intelligent man believes that anybody ever willingly errs or willingly does base and evil deeds; they are well aware that all who do base and evil things do them unwillingly.

Man is the measure of all things, of the reality of those which are, and of the unreality of those which are not.

As to the gods, I have no means of knowing either that they exist or do not exist.

Many things prevent knowledge, including the obscurity of the subject and the brevity of human life

There are two sides to every question.

Everyone, including the Athenians [...] are right to accept advice from anyone, since it is incumbent on everyone to share in that sort of excellence, or else there can be no city at all.

When it comes to consideration of how to do well in running the city, which must proceed entirely through justice and soundness of mind.

There are intelligible principles inherent in the matter of every phenomenon; because matter is essentially the sum of all the seemings that it has for any and all persons.

As touching the gods, I do not know whether they exist or not, nor how they are featured; for there is much to prevent our knowing: the obscurity of the subject and the brevity of human life.

Without a plan, there's no attack. Without attack, no victory.

Most true musicians don't do it for the money, they do it because they love it. When I did slam poetry, it was a great way for me to express myself, I loved it.

Every age has its happiness and troubles.

For some it takes a lifetime to find true love, But for the lucky ones a lifetime is merely enough to share the love they've found.

Risk is the willingness to fail.

Everybody just gets on my nerves after like, 10 minutes, you know.

Rich parents are famous both for miserliness and astonishing longevity. And, when they finally do die, you'll find they've left their estate in inviolate trust to the golden retrievers.

I moved into a nice houseboat in Little Venice when I was 15 years old. I found a girlfriend called Monday and a houseboat called Friday, so I had the week sewn up.

The figure a poem makes. It begins in delight and ends in wisdom.

There's also a part of me that's self-destructive, and another part that's a hero who's going to stand up for a principle.