Learning should be a joy and full of excitement. It is life's greatest adventure; it is an illustrated excursion into the minds of the noble and the learned.

It is human nature to instinctively rebel at obscurity or ordinariness.

Don't let the past steal your present. This is the message of Christmas: We are never alone.

I have been the victim of heartless malice.

Mankind adores its betrayers, and murders its saviors.

I like animals because they are not consciously cruel and don't betray each other.

It is inevitable, that eventually the people will demand absolute security from the state... And absolute security is absolute slavery.

A wise man distrusts his neighbor. A wiser man distrusts both his neighbor and himself. The wisest man of all distrusts his government.

Corrupt citizens breed corrupt rulers, and it is the mob who finally decides when virtue shall die.

Giving a phenomenon a label does not explain it.

Freedom was given to humanity by God. But, governments, if they can help it, never give freedom. They just hand out slavery with slogans.

Mother doesn't cook, Ignatius said dogmatically, She burns.

We need to take music out of the ivory tower - both for musicians and for the public. Otherwise, classical music will not survive the 21st century.

The reason why women grown bad are worse than men is because it is the best that turns to the worst.

Meritocracy is a good thing. Whenever possibly, people should be judged based on their work and results, not superficial qualities.

Art will liberate itself from the needs and desires of men. No longer will we paint a forest ora horseas we like oras theyappear to us, but as they really are.

Put an Irishman on the spit and you can always get another Irishman to turn him.

They will not love me, you say? When have they ever loved me? How can I lose something I have never owned? - Stannis

I love my friends very much, but I find that it is of no use to go to see them. I hate them commonly when I am near them. They belie themselves and deny me continually.

I would say Lil Wayne [is the best rapper]. He's all about hard work and consistency.

I've served my country.