And I think, if thoughts are worth a penny, how much less promises must be worth. Especially the ones you're likely to break.

The scariest thing of all is never knowing what you're suddenly going to believe.

The fear of not living is a deep, abiding dread of watching your own potential decompose into irredeemable disappointment when 'should be' gets crushed by what is.

There is nothing to fear but fear itself, " the captain announces from the helm, "and the occasional man-eating monster.

My artwork isn't evolving, it's deconstructing, and I don't know why.

Elasticity is a fundamental principle of perception,

while it’s five in the morning here, it’s also five in the evening somewhere in China—proving that incompatible truths make perfect sense when seen with global perspective.

You see demons in the eyes of the world, and the world sees bottomless pit in yours.

You see demons in the eyes of the world, and the world sees a bottomless pit in yours.

They all think medicine should be magic, and they become mad at me when it's not.

I begin to wonder if David was like me. Seeing monsters everywhere and realizing there aren't enough slingshots in the world to get rid of them.

God is subtle but he is not malicious.

I hear and behold God in every object, yet understand God not in the least, Nor do I understand who there can be more wonderful than myself.

Stephen Douglas's oratory was designed for the galleries, Lincoln's for his peers

Yes, but humans are more important than animals, ' said Brutha.'This is a point of view often expressed by humans, ' said Om.

I would love to win an Oscar.

When you come out of that pink ugly hole onto this planet you're nothing but a gooey shrieking wrinkled ball of weakness.

The advantage of taking pictures of the famous is that they get published.

Deliberate virtue is never worth much: The virtue of feeling or habit is the thing.

The old law permitted abortion to save one life when two would otherwise die. The new law permits abortion to take one life when two would otherwise live.

A good name is what is given you by others and that which has been earned by you.