It was the single forgiving phrase in the syntax of weaponry I had strapped about me. The rest were unequivocal sentences of death.
No hour of life is wasted that is spent in the saddle.
Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.
It is better to do something than to do nothing while waiting to do everything.
When you're 20 you care what everyone thinks, when you're 40 you stop caring what everyone thinks, when you're 60 you realize no one was ever thinking about you in the first place. You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.
Diplomacy is the art of telling people to go to hell in such a way that they ask for directions.
If you're not a liberal at twenty you have no heart, if you're not a conservative at forty, you have no brain.
I think in a lot of ways unconditional love is a myth. My mom's the only reason I know it's a real thing.
Hyphens, like cats, are capable of arousing tenderness or shudders.
It is true that from a behavioral economics perspective we are fallible, easily confused, not that smart, and often irrational. We are more like Homer Simpson than Superman. So from this perspective it is rather depressing. But at the same time there is also a silver lining. There are free lunches!
Where shall we get religion? Beneath the open sky, the sphere of crystal silence surcharged with deity. . The midnight earth sends incense up, sweet with the breath of prayer -- Go out beneath the naked night and get religion there.