Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.

Let us tenderly and kindly cherish therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write .

I would choose to live a century in a dark room instead of hanging out with fake friends.

You are taking things far too literally. Everything you see is merely a symbol for things you do not see. Most of the people of this world are asleep in their minds.

The duke understood the danger in having an important conversation too often in one's head before having it with the intended party.

Obviously if any actions, even a lunatic's, can be causeless, determinism is done for. If the chain of causation can be broken for a madman, it can be broken for a man.

Acclaim is a distraction.

My fun days are over.

The writer's job is the job of a clown …the clown who also talks about sorrow.

Your brand is your public identity, what you're trusted for. And for your brand to endure it has to be tested, redefined, managed and expanded as markets evolve. Brands either learn or disappear.

In the animal kingdom, the rule is, eat or be eaten; in the human kingdom, define or be defined.

I would really love to work with Paul McCartney. Isn't that arrogant?