Curiosity is the lust of the mind.

A democracy is no more than an aristocracy of orators. The people are so readily moved by demagogues that control must be exercised by the government over speech and press.

The condition of man... is a condition of war of everyone against everyone.

Government is necessary, not because man is naturally bad... but because man is by nature more individualistic than social.

Hell is truth seen too late.

Humans are driven by a perpetual and restless desire of power.

The right of nature... is the liberty each man hath to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature; that is to say, of his own life.

How could a state be governed, or protected in its foreign relations if every individual remained free to obey or not to obey the law according to his private opinion.

Life in the state of nature is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.

It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law

The original of all great and lasting societies consisted not in the mutual good will men had toward each other, but in the mutual fear they had of each other.

You have to be transparent so you no longer cast a shadow but instead let the light pass through you.

Betrayal is advancing myself at the expense of the one who I committed myself to advance.

If a law were passed giving six months to every writer of a first book, only the good ones would do it.

I'm a curiosity in Hollywood. I'm a big freak, because I'm myself!

You cannot be brave without fear.

Cricketers like Jadeja come once in a lifetime, and I am sorry he didn’t play in my time. Could have added a few more cheap wickets to my tally.

I've bowed to you for too long, and if I continue to do it, we will all suffer.

For winners, losing inspires them. For losers, losing defeats them.

I'm a boots girl. I always wear boots. They only look better when they get dirty.

I'm always doing what I can to look for and just feel out funny things that are happening in the scene and improvise off of them.