No wars are more bitter than those undertaken in the name of religion.

I sometimes think that the prevalent use of external cosmetics eats out the internal brain if persisted in long enough.

The praise of injudicious friends frequently fosters bad mannerisms.

Throughout my life, I have always found that events which seemed at the time disastrous ultimately developed into positive blessings.

Years in themselves mean nothing. How we live them means everything.

Popular magazines multiply while the library shelves remain undisturbed.

No influence so quickly converts a radical into a reactionary as does his election to power.

Storehouses filled with merchandise will prove a better guarantee than arsenals bulging with ammunition.

Losing your job is an awesome opportunity to look inside yourself and make new discoveries

There are no perfectly honorable men

The broken spine of the book shows the webbing of binder's string, and my fingers have worn white spots in the cover.

I don't think anybody wants to see a dour Star Trek movie.

True desire in the heart for anything good is God's proof to you sent beforehand to indicate that it's yours already.

Television is a triumph of equipment over people, and the minds that control it are so small that you could put them in a gnat's navel with room left over for two caraway seeds and an agent's heart.

I've always loved playing solo. I guess in a way I just feel blessed to be able to make music. My favorite thing is usually whatever I'm doing right there and then.

Culture being a pursuit of our total perfection by means of getting to know, on all the matters which most concern us, the best which has been thought and said in the world.

I don't have any children, but if I had a baby, I would have to name it, so I would get a baby-naming book. Or I would invite somebody over who had a cast on.

The anger of those in authority is always weighty.