The habit of religion is oppressive, an easy way out of thought.

If Botticelli were alive today he'd be working for Vogue.

The social sciences were for all those who had not yet decided what to do with their lives, and for all those whose premature frustrations led them into the sterile alleys of confrontation.

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.

Monica Seles: I'd hate to be next door to her on her wedding night.

Flogging. The only solution to every problem. I warrant even the culprit himself doesn't know! It was just... his... turn!

I imagine hell like this: Italian punctuality, German humour and English wine.

Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.

Beliefs are what divide people. Doubt unites them.

Terrorism is the war of the poor, and war is the terrorism of the rich.

If you're going to be a prisoner of your own mind, the least you can do is make sure it's well furnished.

If you don't handle [exceptions], we shut your application down. That dramatically increases the reliability of the system.

The English invented cricket to make other human endeavors look interesting.

I spend my life essentially alone at a computer. That doesn't change. I have the same challenges every day.

Artists are the antennae of the race, but the bullet-headed many will never learn to trust the great artists.

In the beginning we define what is spiritual. But as you go on, you see that everybody and everything is an instrument of infinity.

I am a morning person...I love waking up, walking & reveling In the beauty of all the flowers and trees....while chugging a 5th of vodka!!! It could happen.

There's truth even in tainted knowledge, if one reads carefully.

The era of implementation has started. The world is now committed to universal treatment.

The severity of the itch is proportional to the reach.

Afraid lest he be caught up in a net of words, tripped up, bewildered and so defeated-thrown aside-a man hesitates to write down his innermost convictions.