To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization, and at present very few people have reached this level.

The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.

The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.

Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.

An Honest politician will not be tolerated by a democracy unless he is very stupid ... because only a very stupid man can honestly share the prejudices of more than half the nation.

If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have a paradise in a few years.

We have in fact, two kinds of morality, side by side: one which we preach, but do not practice, and another which we practice, but seldom preach.

The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd.

Cruel men believe in a cruel god and use their belief to excuse their cruelty. Only kindly men believe in a kindly god, and they would be kindly in any case.

I could sum up my younger life in one word.-Misunderstanding. Most of my school life was spend in protection mode. Which made any 'benefit' I could get from socializing, useless.

Why do we people in churches seem like cheerful, brainless tourists on a packaged tour of the Absolute?

It wasn't often you ran into bondage/Elvis/whorehouse-themed vampire club

Well, it looks as if the top part fell on the bottom part.

It's important for the writers of the presidential daily brief to feel comfortable that the documents will never be politicized and/or unnecessarily exposed for public purview.

We were watching bands like the Ramones and Blondie and other bands beginning to ignite.

Burn my Flag and I will shoot you........but I'll shoot you with a lot of love, like a good American

I've referred to [Marcus Lemonis] as my celebrity crush. I'm totally describing my celebrity crush, and that was not the question. But I am a fan of his. I really am.

Being a gossip reporter just isn't a respectable job. It'll chew you up and spit you out.

I always thought I looked kind of like Keith Richards, and sometimes I think I look like Michael Jackson.