The gift of words is the gift of deception and illusion.

A book is a mirror: if an ape looks into it an apostle is hardly likely to look out.

Charity ... is the opium of the privileged.

Beneath the makeup and behind the smile I am just a girl who wishes for the world.

The traditional ways were wrongly disowned by Christianity - in hindsight, medicine men were not demons but very important counsellors in the community.

To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.

Society is now one polished horde, Formed of two mighty tribes, The Bores and the Bored.

Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.

Ladies who play with fire must remember that smoke gets in their eyes.

Hollywood brides keep the bouquets and throw away the grooms.

I fully realize that no wealth or position can long endure, unless built upon truth and justice; therefore, I will engage in no transaction which does not benefit all whom it affects.

Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic.

Do it again on the next verse, and people think you meant it.

It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall look upon what we think our present existence, as a dream.

There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.

How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.

We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same.

Those who restrain desire do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.

When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.

I think we're having fun. I think our customers really like our products. And we're always trying to do better.

All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.