What's wrong with selfishness and egotism? We live to die smiling, don't we?
In an age that is utterly corrupt, the best policy is to do as others do.
Religions are the cradles of despotism.
Beauty belongs to the sphere of the simple, the ordinary, whilst ugliness is something extraordinary, and there is no question but that every ardent imagination prefers in lubricity, the extraordinary to the commonplace
I write what I see, the endless procession to the guillotine. Were all lined up, waiting for the crunch of the blade. . . the rivers of blood are flowing beneath our feet. . . Ive been to hell, young man, youve only read about it.
Can we become other than what we are?
Never may an act of possession be exercised upon a free being; the exclusive possession of a woman is no less unjust than the possession of slaves; all men are born free, all have equal rights: never should we lose sight of those principles; according to which never may there be granted to one sex the legitimate right to lay monopolizing hands upon the other, and never may one of the sexes, or classes, arbitrarily possess the other.
I pointed in the general vicinity of my left ovary, "This is Beam Me Up. " Then to my right. "And this is Scotty. " Garret chuckled and buried his face in his hands. He asked.
Everyone understands that love comes in many different packages and is used in many different ways. You cannot love beyond your years, nor can you fail to love beneath them. In other words, I think you get the love you need when you open your heart.
Stand up for the things that are right. Try to talk things out instead of fight.
My father used to get me to read the newspaper to him, as if I was a radio. I would stand there and read the 'Times.