Writers begin with a grain of sand, and then create a beach.

Religion allows people to feel justified in acting out their primal instincts, that is, to assault, destroy, rape, and murder others, who they judge as being different and inferior to themselves.

Find someone you care enough about to help you control your drinking. Preferably yourself.

Human beings will be remembered as the race who tried to destroy everything they did not understand. People, animals, plants, even the giant ball they called home.

People need new things to excite them, new inventions, new ideas, new art, new drugs, if there are no new things, then they resort to war

Vanity does not pay the bills.

I am beautifully on my own. I am free. At the end of the day, we should be our own heroes. Our own savers. Our own heroes.

Beautiful girls, are a bit like been there, done that. Once you have had one, the mystery is gone.

Every second in the air in Paris is art.

They say All is well In the world of sickness But we know All is sick In the world of wellness

Life must be terrible for working people, considering they spend every Friday night celebrating a two day break from it.

Frank heard a laugh behind him. He glanced back and couldn't believe what he saw. Nico di Angelo was actually smiling."That's more like it, " Nico said. "Let's turn this tide!

What weighs us down is not gravity! A little force of kindness can decelerate depravity.

O sweet, delusive Noon, Which the morning climbs to find, O moment sped too soon, And morning left behind.

In matters of conscience, first thoughts are best. In matters of prudence, last thoughts are best.

A life with difficult relationships, filled with obstacles and losses, presents the most opportunity for the soul's growth.

I think, actually, everyone starts out with some strange in them. It's just whether or not you decide to keep it.

All the drug dealers and gang members with whom I dealt had [a cell phone] long before any police officer I knew did.

Anyone who makes a life of what they love is a hero to me, and it's important for those people to be visible in every kind of life, every kind of love, every kind of work.

I never get any protests from children. All you get are giggles of mirth and squirms of delight. I know what children like.

Open-heart surgery is now part of a typical life experience for many people. Folks talk casually about 'having a stent put in,' as if they had their tires rotated.