We hew and saw and plane facts to make them dovetail with our prejudices, so that they become mere ornaments with which to parade our objectivity.

We endeavor to stuff the universe into the gullet of an aphorism.

We mourn the transitory things and fret under the yoke of the immutable ones.

To judge a man's character by only one of its manifestations is like judging the sea by a jugful of its water.

In the spider-web of facts, many a truth is strangled.

Praises for our past triumphs are as feathers to a dead bird.

A man is most accurately judged by how he treats those who are not in a position either to retaliate or to reciprocate.

With the stones we cast at them, geniuses build new roads with them.

Man is ready to die for an idea, provided that idea is not quite clear to him.

It is not true that men prefer foolish women. Rather they prefer women who can simulate foolishness whenever necessary, which is the very core of intelligence.

Avarice is fear sheathed in gold.

It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.

If you’re not afraid of working hard, self-reliance comes easy!

Everybody knows life isn't worth living.

My boyfriend isn't a rock star. His values are rock solid. We met at a dinner and he made me laugh.

Music is...a form of remembering, a return to the seasons of the heart long gone.

As a director, if you know what you want, then it's not scary.

Watch your motive before God; have no other motive in prayer than to know Him.

Books simply help you to see what is already within your self. That's what enlightenment is all about.

From the makers of Alien vs. Predator: Alien vs. Pingu. K9 - stop humping the toaster!

No person was every rightly understood until they had been first regarded with a certain feeling, not of tolerance, but of sympathy.