I say violence is necessary. It is as American as cherry pie.
—H. Rap Brown, 1967
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I’ve seen the future, brother; it is murder.
—Leonard Cohen, 1992Inventions that are not made, like babies that are not born, are rarely missed.
—John Kenneth Galbraith, 1958Seafarers go to sleep in the evening not knowing whether they will find themselves at the bottom of the sea the next morning.
—Jean de Joinville, c. 1305Nowadays three witty turns of phrase and a lie make a writer.
—G.C. Lichtenberg, c. 1780The belly is the teacher of the arts and bestower of invention.
—Persius, c. 55Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.
—Benjamin Franklin, 1735A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always count on the support of Paul.
—George Bernard Shaw, 1944It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
—The BibleRevolutions have never lightened the burden of tyranny, they have only shifted it to another shoulder.
—George Bernard Shaw, 1903What is the worth of human life, unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history?
—Marcus Tullius Cicero, 46 BCAn election is coming. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry.
—George Eliot, 1866I don’t believe in total freedom for the artist. Left on his own, free to do anything he likes, the artist ends up doing nothing at all. If there’s one thing that’s dangerous for an artist, it’s precisely this question of total freedom, waiting for inspiration and all the rest of it.
—Federico Fellini, c. 1950