"The opposite of ‘open’ isn’t closed. The opposite of open is broken."

“We are a religious nation because we do not have a state religion, because the government guarantees freedom of religion but has no role in religion, because not only do we tolerate our religious differences, we celebrate them.”

“The position that God promised the church is to influence the society. We are to govern the attitude and the conduct and the motivation of the human race.”

“Whatever we had is over. It died the minute I walked downstairs and realized the world I'd always known was a lie.- Blaire Wynn”

“Altruism accrues little benefit to those lying cold in the gutter.”

Source : Raymond E. Feist (1993). “Silverthorn”, Spectra

“There's more to boxing than hitting. There's not getting hit, for instance.”

“the great sins and fires break out of me like the terrible leaves from the bough in the violent spring. I am a walking fire, I am all leaves ...”

Source : Dame Edith Sitwell (1952). “Selected Poems”

“My father has taught me all the tricks of the boys at an early age, which has made me very careful.”

“If you approach a film with the feeling that you are going to have some impact on society then you're liable to get carried away with yourself. Alfred Hitchcock once told me, when I was analyzing a lot of things about his pictures, "Clint, you must remember, it's only a movie.”