If I rolled the dice carved out of my weathered boneAnd offered of my blood the libation to the faneWhen even the reaper’s mockery forsakes me aloneMy own clangorous thoughts are the last to remain

For what was burned at the stakes beyond the fires did endure

Vengeful conquerors burn books as if the enemy's souls reside there, too.

Diligence acquires wealth

Physics is really nothing more than a search for ultimate simplicity, but so far all we have is a kind of elegant messiness.

Man may be considered as having a twofold origin - natural, which is common and the same to all - patronymic, which belongs to the various families of which the whole human race is composed.

The United States must join the rest of the industrialized world, guarantee health care to all people as a right.

I tried being reasonable, I didn't like it.

Against criticism a man can neither protest nor defend himself; he must act in spite of it, and then it will gradually yield to him.

Do you have to open graves to find girls to fall in love with?

I use quite a bit in my kitchen, but the one thing that's an absolute must would have to be my high-speed blender.

Conformity is the only real fashion crime. To not dress like yourself and to sublimate your spirit to some kind of group identity is succumbing to fashion fascism.