"I'm not in any way selling out by having a record that's good enough for radio."

“England is nothing but the last ward of the European madhouse, and quite possibly it will prove to be the ward for particularly violent cases.”

“I abhor Saddam's regime, but the basis has to be disarmament.”

“One of the great things about being commander in chief is getting to know our men and women in uniform in a very intimate way, whether it's visiting Walter Reed and seeing our wounded soldiers, or being on a base and talking to families, or interacting with them on missions. They're the best of the best: always thinking about the mission, not thinking about credit, not thinking about who's up front.”

“Here society is reduced to its original elements, the whole fabric of art and conventionality is struck rudely to pieces, and men find themselves suddenly brought back to the wants and resources of their original natures.”

Source : Francis Parkman (1991). “The Oregon Trail ; The Conspiracy of Pontiac”, p.63, Library of America

“It was all completely incomprehensible to me. I was fearful of the language. You had to look up every third word.”

“Ignorance is the parent of fear.”

Source : Herman Melville (2008). “Moby-Dick”, p.24, Velvet Element Books

“I saw Paranormal Activity on Halloween with all my friends. It scared me, but it was so much fun.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“I consider it useless and tedious to represent what exists, because nothing that exists satisfies me. Nature is ugly, and I prefer the monsters of my fancy to what is positively trivial.”