The love of violence is an aspect of our humanity. Even the weak wish to be strong primarily so they can wield the whip.

As for the depiction of the Catholic church, it's not meant to be a prediction

It occurs to me that our survival may depend upon our talking to one another.

The Great Change is when humankind accepts its role as part of the natural order of the universe instead of its role as a cancer

Words are the only bullets in truth's bandolier. And poets are the snipers.

If everyone could understand the working of a psychopath's mind, we undoubtedly would be closer to insanity ourselves.

Nobody gets beyond a petroleum economy. Not while there's petroleum there.

Seduction... was both a science and art - a blend of skill, discipline, proximity, and opportunity. Mostly proximity.

Poets are the mad midwives to reality. They see not what is, nor what can be, but what must become.

History viewed from the inside is always a dark, digestive mess, far different from the easily recognizable cow viewed from afar by historians.

The shortest route to courage is absolute ignorance.

Starting each day with a positive mindset is the most important step of your journey to discovering opportunity.

My boyfriend is named Percocet, " I say. "We're very close. I even went to Europe with him last summer.

I know I’m an African-American, and I know I play the saxophone, but I’m not a jazz musician. I’m not a classical musician, either. My music is like my life: It’s in between these areas.

André Kertész has two qualities that are essential for a great photographer: an insatiable curiosity about the world, about people, and about life, and a precise sense of form.

There is no point in me worrying about what Bloomberg or Badillo will do.

For no man can forbid the spark nor tell whence it may come.

Insight is not a matter of memory, of knowledge and time, which are all thought.

Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul.

I had this roommate in college who would get up almost 2 hours before class to do hair and makeup. That's not for me.

Even though he was afraid to admit it, when he was with her it seemed it was worth doing all those normal things that normal people do.