You cannot seek Destruction and return unscathed.

Emancipate yourself from mental slavery,
None but ourselves can free our minds.
Have no fear for atomic energy,
'Cause none of them can stop the time.

Being a functioning alcoholic is kind of like being a paraplegic lap dancer: You can do it, just not as well as the others, really.

How many times can a man turn his head pretending he just doesn't see?

The option of war can appear initially to be the most rapid. But let us not forget that after winning the war, peace must be built.

Virtue cannot dwell with wealth either in a city or in a house.

Moroccan women’s battle for their rights has been an uphill one. Yet, they fought it with valor, steadfastness and self-abnegation.

Who knows? But we can make it simple again.

Before you say you can't do something, try it.

Can I get Control?
Do you like me Vulnerable?
I'm armed and I'm equal
More fun for the people...

Khen ai khéo vẽ cảnh tiêu sơ.

Our prevailing notions of history are exceedingly narrow and exceedingly selective. And basically the process of selection is one that aims to reassure ourselves that the myths that we believe in can be sustained. ... Recognize the truths, the realities that I want to and ignore the ones that I find inconvenient.

Bitch, I ain't no fucking G, I'm a cannibal!
I ain't trying to shoot you, I'm trying to chop you into pieces and eat you!

Far away in the thirties and forties she (the girl you want to be) is waiting her turn. Her body, brain, her soul are in your girlish hands. She cannot help herself. What will you leave for her? … Will you throw away her inheritance?

A toast to the dead, for children with cancer and AIDS; a cure exists, and you probably could have been saved.

There is something refreshingly ironic about people lying on the beach contracting skin cancer in an attempt to acquire a purely illusory appearance of good health, while germ-laden medical waste washes up on the sand all around them. (entitled Surf's Down Forever, p. 207)