"Give me a firm spot on which to stand and I will move the earth"
-Archimedes

"I think therefore I am"
-Rene Descartes

"From the sublime to the ridiculous, it only takes one step"
-Napoleon Bonaparte

"It is much easier to be critical than it is to be correct"
-George Bernard Shaw

"The heart has it's reasons which the mind knows nothing of"
-Blaise Pascal

"The easiest thing of all is to deceive oneself; for what a man wishes he usually believes to be true"
-Demosthenes

"It is better to watch the world than be a part of it.."
-Unknown

"Everybody plays the fool now and then, but no exceptions to the rule..that it all evens out in the end"
-Ringo Starr (What Goes Around)

"Music is the main vector of celebrity. When it's a success it's impact is just as strong as a bullet hitting the target."
-Madonna

"That's just the same kind of bourgeoisie, establishment crap that has repressed the masses and lined the pockets of the fat-cat big business fascist pigs!"
-Peter Tork (The Monkees, when asked "not to make statements that would comprimise the integrity of the TV show")

"There is no need to run outside for better seeing....rather abide. At the centre of your being; for the more you leave it, the less you learn, search your heart and see...the way to do is to be."
-Lao-Tzu

"I don't want the cheese, I just want to get out of the trap."
-Spanish proverb

"I think I could turn and live with the animals, they are so placid and self-contain'd"
-Walt Whitman (Song Of Myself)

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