"How few are our real wants and how easy is it to satisfy them! Our imaginary ones are boundless and insatiable."
Julius Charles Hare
"I fear that, in the end, the famous debate among materialists, idealists, and dualists amounts to a merely verbal dispute that is more a matter for the linguist than for the speculative philosopher."
Moses Mendelssohn
"If greatness of purpose, smallness of means, and astonishing results are the three criteria of a human genius, who could dare compare any great man in history with Muhammad?"
Alphonse de Lamartine
"What is important is to spread confusion, not eliminate it."
Anonymous
"Where else,' I will say, 'does an old turtle crossing the path Make all the difference in the world?"
Patricia MacLachlan
"Creative work is often driven by pain. It may be that if you don't have something in the back of your head driving you nuts, you may not do anything. It's not a good arrangement. If I were God, I wouldn't have done it that way., Nov. 20, 2009]."
Cormac McCarthy
"Communism, like any other revealed religion, is largely made up of prophecies."
H.L. Mencken
"The blame game is already a lost game, so don't attempt dressing up to play it!"
Israelmore Ayivor
"The mainspring of genius is curiosity."
Charles Baudelaire
"Surprising choice proves hardest to come by. Most choices, even the disastrous ones, are predictable."
Carrie Snyder
"A conscience is that still small voice that people won't listen to."
Carlo Collodi
"The shock of photographed atrocities wears off with repeated viewings, just as the surprise and bemusement felt the first time one sees a pornographic movie wear off after one sees a few more."
Susan Sontag
"Reality is easy. It's deception that's the hard work."
Lauryn Hill
"New Rome will be destroyedBy the attacks of new vandals.God always remains silent."
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