We have art to save ourselves from the truth. (Friedrich Nietzsche)

The difference between ‘involvement’ and ‘commitment’ is like an eggs-and-ham breakfast: the chicken was ‘involved’ – the pig was ‘committed’. (unknown)

Many a man’s reputation would not know his character if they met onthe street. (Elbert Hubbard)

Be nice to people on your way up because you meet them on your way down. (Jimmy Durante)

When one person suffers from a delusion it is called insanity; when many people suffer from a delusion it is called religion. (Robert Pirsig)

I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use. (Galileo Galilei)

I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. (Ian L. Fleming)