Not to dream more boldly may turn out to be, in view of present realities, simply irresponsible.
We have no reliable guarantee that the afterlife will be any less exasperating than this one, have we?
A perfect martini should be made by filling a glass with gin then waving it in the general direction of Italy.
It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.
My importance to the world is relatively small. On the other hand, my importance to myself is tremendous. I am all I have to work with, to play with, to suffer and to enjoy. It is not the eyes of others that I am wary of, but of my own. I do not intend to let myself down more than I can possibly help, and I find that the fewer illusions I have about myself or the world around me, the better company I am for myself.
Work hard, do the best you can, don't ever lose faith in yourself and take no notice of what other people say about you.
Work is much more fun than fun.
I'm only confrontational with my friends.
You see, to me, for just a moment, despite all of the colors that touch and grapple with what I see in this world, I will often catch an eclipse when a human dies. I've seen millions of them. I've seen more eclipses than I care to remember
Thus, when the lamp that lighted The traveller at first goes out, He feels awhile benighted, And looks around in fear and doubt. But soon, the prospect clearing, By cloudless starlight on he treads, And thinks no lamp so cheering As that light which Heaven sheds.
With all fashion, what we do is play at being somebody else. We play at inhabiting another kind of world.