But for what purpose was the earth formed?" asked Candide. "To drive us mad, " replied Martin.

Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part I read only to please myself and like only what suits my taste.

Our labour preserves us from three great evils -- weariness, vice, and want.

If this is the best of possible worlds, what then are the others?

She blushed and so did he. She greeted him in a faltering voice, and he spoke to her without knowing what he was saying.

Martin in particular concluded that man was born to live either in the convulsions of misery, or in the lethargy of boredom.

had no need of a guide to learn ignorance

Wisdom must yield to superstition's rules, Who arms with bigot zeal the hand of fools.

Candide, who trembled like a philosopher, hid himself as well as he could during this heroic butchery.

If they're from the village, you take them to the inn. If they're from the city, you treat them with respect when they are beautiful and throw them on the highway when they are dead.

You are very harsh.''I have seen the world.

If you want the law to leave you alone, keep your hair trimmed and your boots shined.

I'm not going to be a guy who does dances after he strikes somebody out. I'm not like that. I just want to secure a win. That's my job.

I may not be in the weight room as much as some guys, but I get my work done.

To an untrained eye, need and love were as easily mistaken for each other as the real master's painting and a forgery.

In an age of so many people getting hurt in real estate, it shows that you can still do well in real estate.

Because they dream so strongly in themselves, their superiority and women's inferiority, they project an image that a woman finds very, very difficult to fight against.

The pressure to conform to an authority figure or peer group can cause people to behave in shocking ways.

For example, this, what I said about the bishops who move pedophile priests, the best thing they can do is resign. This isn't a dogmatic thing, but this is what I think.

I just look up to anyone who made music back then because you really had to be a musician. There were no samples or drum machines. Those people back in the day paved the way for people like me.

No matter what I choose to become, I believe I can change the world. And as I am striving to change the world, I will be happy.