Venice, as a city, was a foundling, floating upon the waters like Moses in his basket among the bulrushes.

We all live in suspense, from day to day, from hour to hour; in other words, we are the hero of our own story.

Modern neurosis began with the discoveries of Copernicus. Science made men feel small by showing him that the earth was not the center of the universe.

Every age has a keyhole to which its eye is pasted.

Understanding is often a prelude to forgiveness, but they are not the same, and we often forgive what we cannot understand (seeing nothing else to do) and understand what we cannot pardon.

Every word she writes is a lie, including "and" and "the."

Bureaucracy, the rule of no one, has become the modern form of despotism.

If someone tells you he is going to make a 'realistic decision', you immediately understand that he has resolved to do something bad.

For self-realization, a rebel demands a strong authority, a worthy opponent, God to his Lucifer.

We are the hero of our own story.

Liberty, as it is conceived by current opinion, has nothing inherent about it; it is a sort of gift or trust bestowed on the individual by the state pending good behavior.

So many people focus on who they will be that they never get around to figuring out who they are.

The theater has been called the pulse of the people.

If there's one organization in the United States that could work on its communication skills, it's the military.

You have to live life if you're going to create believable lives on paper.

Man's worst enemies are boredom and discontent.

In tension you cannot perceive; in laxity you cannot perceive. Only if you are intense and relaxed, you perceive everything just the way it is.

It would probably be too easy a cop out to say that just Republican males hate me. Though there's a large swath of them, for sure.

Love is the answer, said the songs, and that's OK. It was OK, I supposed, as an answer. But no more than that. It was not a solution; it wasn't really even an answer, just a reply.

Getting old and dying alone is my worst fear.

I hate that man Obama more than any man I've ever met, more than any man who ever lived.