the meeting between ignorance and knowledge, between brutality and culture - it begins in the dignity with which we treat the dead

The mystery of life isn't a problem to solve, but a reality to experience.

Without change, something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.

All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities.

If we define Futurism as an exploration beyond accepted limits, then the nature of limiting systems becomes the first object of exploration.

When politics and religion are intermingled, a people is suffused with a sense of invulnerability, and gathering speed in their forward charge, they fail to see the cliff ahead of them

There is no real ending. It’s just the place where you stop the story.

Do actions agree with words? There's your measure of reliability. Never confine yourself to the words.

Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.

Justice belongs to those who claim it, but let the claimant beware lest he create new injustice by his claim and thus set the bloody pendulum of revenge into its inexorable motion

The best contribution one can make to humanity is to improve oneself.

All men are created equal. It is what you do from there that makes the difference. We are all free agents in life. We make our own decisions. We control our own destiny.

Courage is often associated with aggression, but instead should be seen as a willingness to act from the heart.

I wish I were less awkward around strangers. I never know what to say when someone asks me who I am and what the hell I'm doing in their house.

There are plenty of beautiful girls who don't photograph well.

Music is a mantra that soothes the soul...something our body has to have. It's important to understand the power of music.

I wanted to get a tape recorder, but I got a parrot instead. I think I did that joke backwards.

When you make a commitment to yourself, do so with the clear understanding that you're pledging your integrity.

There's nothing stopping you from making movies. You can always make and try different things.

I call all chefs cooks. They're all cooks. That's what we do, we cook. You're a chef when you're running a kitchen.

If Stone Cold was to become champion, as of now, that would be a public-relations corporate nightmare.