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How quickly revolutions grow old; and, worse still, respectable.
The madman is the man who has lost everything except his reason.
Vibration is at the heart of nature. Music allows us to feel it.
Past behavior is the most reliable predictor of future behavior.
There is something about a bureaucrat that does not like a poem.
Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild.
Andy Warhol is the only genius I've ever known with an IQ of 60.
I think there is an instinct out there to rid us of our masters.
The searcher's eye Not seldom finds more than he wished to find.
There was always another side to a joke, the side of the victim.
It is a great danger for everyone when what is shocking changes.
Why can’t our job here on earth be simply to inspire each other?
What wretched poverty of language! To compare stars to diamonds!
What is glory? It is to have a lot of nonsense talked about you.
Anguish of suspense made men even desire the arrival of enemies.
In the East men know panic, but they do not know what fright is.
All that once was directly lived has become mere representation.
All that was once directly lived has become mere representation.
Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature's inexorable imperative.
We live in a world of unused and misapplied knowledge and skill.
It is not much good thinking of a thing unless you think it out.
The marathon never ceases to be a race of joy, a race of wonder.
If I wished to punish my enemy, I should make him hate somebody.
I want a government small enough to fit inside the Constitution.
You are where you are today because you have chosen to be there.
What makes Existence really nice Is Virtue--with a dash of Vice.
Understanding' is merely the sum total of our misunderstandings.
Memory is like fiction; or else it's fiction that's like memory.
Being active every day makes it easier to hear that inner voice.
Don't let appearances fool you. There's always only one reality!
If only I could fall sound asleep and wake up in my old reality!
He's simply got the instinct for being unhappy highly developed.
Behind every word a whole world is hidden that must be imagined.
The more kindness shown to an envious man, the worse he becomes.
Do no dishonor to the earth lest you dishonor the spirit of man.
Don’t underestimate the value of irony—it is extremely valuable.
It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.
Autobiography may be the preeminent kind of American expression.
Music is a beautiful opiate, if you don't take it too seriously.
The most wonderful opportunity which life offers is to be human.
Everyone danced -- sweaty bodies packed tight, drunk with sound.
Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams.
Some clergymen make a motto, instead of a theme, of their texts.
American families don't work. There is an illusion that they do.
I'm always presenting myself with problems to solve as a writer.
The National Education Association is the al-Qaida of education.
I have always had the ability to attach my demons to my chariot.
Most of my conscious efforts have ended in embarrassing failure.
I haven't put an ounce of effort into my families. I never have.
An artist would not rise above the mediocrity if he condemns it.