Only passions great passions can elevate the soul to great things.

Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.

We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter.

All things must be examined, debated, investigated without exception and without regard for anyone's feelings.

Those who fear the facts will forever try to discredit the fact-finders.

Disturbances in society are never more fearful than when those who are stirring up the trouble can use the pretext of religion to mask their true designs.

Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things.

Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy.

Oh! how near are genius and madness! Men imprison them and chain them, or raise statues to them.

In general, children, like men, and men, like children, prefer entertainment to education.

Although a man may wear fine clothing, if he lives peacefully; and is good, self-possessed, has faith and is pure; and if he does not hurt any living being, he is a holy man.

I can stomach just about anything… After all, I can deal with politicians… I don’t have any problem not puking on them! —Debra Wright, KNUT Reporter

I really do not want to carry some kind of party function.

I love drag queens and I love going to see them perform because those people have got so much character and bravery. Such balls! I love people with balls.

The uptake on mobile phones in Africa is phenomenal.

Whoever cultivates the golden mean avoids both the poverty of a hovel and the envy of a palace.

I must be very clear in one thing... Being a pageant girl is not who I am or what defines me.

It's so important to raise people to grow up to be who they are and not be forced to be who they're not. What an awful thing to do to people - it's like being in prison.

What we do know is that the American people, regardless of how they feel about the abortion issue, don't think that taxpayer money ought to be used to pay for abortions.

The funny thing about insane people is that it is kind of the opposite of being a celebrity. Nobody envies you.

It’s funny now, trying to socialise with people. There’s this cautiousness about people which I just find really weird.