“The truth is more important than the facts.”

“In short, if youth is not quite right in its opinions, there is a strong probability that age is not much more so. Undying hope is co-ruler of the human bosom with infallible credulity. A man finds he has been wrong at every preceding stage of his career, only to deduce the astonishing conclusion that he is at last entirely right.”

“Poetry must be as new as foam, and as old as the rock.”

“It’s time to start living the life you’ve imagined.”

“Believe nothing, question everything, assume nothing.”

“If it weren’t for greed, intolerance, hate, passion and murder, you would have no works of art, no great buildings, no medical science, no Mozart, no Van Gough, no Muppets and no Louis Armstrong.”

“The birds teach us something really profound: that in order to fly we must keep ourselves light!”

“Apart from having ‘National Poet’, ‘National Anthem’ etc., I hope it will not be irrelevant if there is ‘National Writer’ in every country!”

“My mother told me that life isn’t always about pleasing yourself and that sometimes you have to do things for the sole benefit of another human being. I completely agreed with her, but reminded her that that was what blow jobs were for.”

“The family is the cradle of the world’s misinformation.”

“Killing is easy,” said Mo, “Dying is harder…”

“The sunlight claps the earth, and the moonbeams kiss the sea: what are all these kissings worth, if thou kiss not me?”

“What’s up?” [asked Ford.]”I don’t know,” said Marvin, “I’ve never been there.”

“It took me two years to give him all of my heart, and he threw it away in one night.”

“Getting up and putting on your shoes after a disaster is a badge of honor.” — Dr. Thomas Demaria”