It is a great privilege to be conscious in this universe. Those who understand, shine like stars.

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.

If one should desire to know whether a kingdom is well governed, if its morals are good or bad, the quality of its music will furnish the answer.

The devil sweeps people away by deceiving them, showing them a happy life only in the movies

Little kids talk about the strangest things. They really do.

Dear Ones, Beware of the tiny gods frightened men Create To bring anesthetic relief to their sad days

Toughness has nothing to do with size, physical strength or athleticism. Toughness is A SKILL that can be developed & improved.

I believe Lee Harvey Oswald did not kill John Kennedy. I believe that.

For the first time in the history of our country the majority of our people believe that the next five years will be worse than the past five years.

A man's worth is measured by how he parents his children. What he gives them, what he keeps away from them, the lessons he teaches and the lessons he allows them to learn on their own.

They weren't really weddings, just long costume parties. (on three of her weddings)

Love easily confuses us because it is always in flux between illusion and substance, between memory and wish, between contentment and need.