“There is no instinct like that of the heart.”

The tiger will himself intervene in the discussion, in a manner which will be in every sense conclusive.

The devil was the first democrat

Of religion I know nothing — at least, in its favor.

This is to be mortal, And seek the things beyond mortality.

Damn description, it is always disgusting.

The best prophet of the future is the past.

I deny nothing, but doubt everything.

Few things surpass old wine; and they may preach Who please, the more because they preach in vain

Friendship may, and often does, grow into love, but love never subsides into friendship.

Love will find a way through paths where wolves fear to prey.

I learned to love despair.

I do not believe in any religion, I will have nothing to do with immortality. We are miserable enough in this life without speculating upon another.

Let joy be unconfined.

Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine.

If I don’t write to empty my mind, I go mad.

I slept and dreamt that life was beauty; I woke and found that life was duty.

There is no stillness like the quiet of the first cold nights in the fall.

If you come to me and say, ‘Hey look I’m a racist,’ or ‘I discriminate against blacks,’ or ‘I don’t like you because you’re African American.

Madonna wasn’t an acrobat or anything, but the sex was good. I could tell she liked it.

Y’all reporters like my quotes, don’t you. Yeah, my quotes are Shaqalicious.

One thing that somebody told me is that leadership is a lonely role – some people can do it, and some people can’t.

I don’t want to be like Spider-man or Batman, the do-gooder kind of thing.

It was like she was cheated. Only nobody had cheated her. So there was nobody to take it out on. However, just the same she had that feeling. Cheated.

I go to sleep at night, like, ‘Am I gonna be alone forever?’