There are two ways of destroying a people. Either condemn them en bloc or force them to repudiate the leaders they adopted. The second is the worse.

If you are lonely when you're alone, you are in bad company.

Man is nothing else but what he purposes, he exists only in so far as he realizes himself, he is therefore nothing else but the sum of his actions, nothing else but what his life is.

Every word has consequences. Every silence, too.

We are our choices.

Before you come alive, life is nothing; it 's up to you to give it a meaning, and value is nothing else but the meaning that you choose.

Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.

We only become what we are by the radical and deep-seated refusal of that which others have made of us.

What is life but an unpleasant interruption to a peaceful nonexistence.

I'm going to smile, and my smile will sink down into your pupils, and heaven knows what it will become.

Man is nothing else but what he makes of himself. [It is a matter of choice, not chance.] Such is the first principle of existentialism.

Nobody will ever be able to understand the meaning of the measure of his own words.

One must find rhythms others’ ears don’t hear.

At last a lifetime ambition of mine to become a pimp was satisfied.

A government which requires of the people the contribution of the bulk of their substance and rewards cannot be classed as a free government.

Nowadays, with history not being taught anymore in American public schools, self-esteem is taking its place.

Competing is intense among humans, and within a group, selfish individuals always win. But in contests between groups, groups of altruists always beat groups of selfish individuals.

In every place, where there is any thing worthy of observation, there should be a short printed directory for strangers.

My take on rap is driven by straightforward American southern rock and blues.

Let us live without hate among those who hate

I don't care very much for the People Magazine approach to applied economics.