life is of no value but as it brings gratifications. among the most valuable of these is rational society. it informs the mind, sweetens the temper, chears our spirits, and promotes health.

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.

The end of democracy and the defeat of the American Revolution will occur when government falls into the hands of lending institutions and moneyed incorporations.

I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.

I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.

Truth between candid minds can never do harm.

The government you elect is the government you deserve.

Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.

Everything worth knowing about the 1980s I learned from obsessively reading Bloom County collections when I was nine and Derek Jarman's diaries when I was twenty.

Time consciousness is the key to time conversion.

It appears, accordingly, from the experience of all ages and nations, I believe, that the work done by freemen comes cheaper in the end than that performed by slaves.

A lot of crafters, they're shut-ins.

People's perceptions of me have nothing to do with reality. I'm basically just your average dork.

The last positive thing England did for cricket was to invent it.

I've no interest in fashion, shoes, handbags, or sweaty shopping.

No one would want to read a book in which I explain the science of cloning because it would be very dull and it would also make no sense.

It always pays off to focus on things that will make you feel proud. Remember this during every difficult decision you face.

Every green natural place we save saves a fragment of our sanity and gives us a little more hope that we have a future.