If one can only see things according to one's own belief system, one is destined to become virtually deaf, dumb, and blind.

The function of law and theology are the same: to keep the poor from taking back by violence what the rich have stolen by cunning.

The fear of death is the beginning of slavery.

You should view the world as a conspiracy run by a very closely-knit group of nearly omnipotent people, and you should think of those people as yourself and your friends.

You are precisely as big as what you love and precisely as small as what you allow to annoy you.

In conlusion, there is no conclusion. Things will go on as they always have, getting weirder all the time.

The rapists of the intellectual world become politicians; the seducers become artists.

Philadelphia merely seems dull because it's next to exciting Camden, New Jersey.

Of course I'm crazy, but that doesn't mean I'm wrong.

History, sociology, economics, psychology et al. confirmed Joyce's view of Everyman as victim.

My own opinion is that belief is the death of intelligence. As soon as one believes a doctrine of any sort, or assumes certitude, one stops thinking about that aspect of existence.

Be not proud of your intelligence. Be simple, wise, and humble.

The mind is a fathomless mystery.

I'm not here to change the world, just your perception of it.

Hats, like first husbands in my experience, are usually a mistake.

It gives me such hope that each one of us can contribute to make this world a better place.

Begin with praise and honest appreciation.

It's not a bad way to live once you let go of the idea that you deserve more.

Light is one of the most important factors in photography.

But as a Scot with a lifelong love of Scotland and the arts, I believe the opportunity of independence is too good to miss. Simply put there is no more creative an act than creating a new nation.

I read only to please myself, and enjoy only what suits my taste.