"People aren't meant to be perfect. We're all imperfect people looking for perfect moments to share with other imperfect people."

“Worthless is the charity of the man who bestows it unwillingly, because material charity is not his, but God's gift, while only the disposition of the heart belongs to the man. This is why many charities prove almost worthless, for they were bestowed unwillingly, grudgingly, without respect for the person of our neighbor. So also the hospitality of many persons proves worthless because of their hypocritical vain-glorious behavior to their guests. Let us offer our sacrifices upon the altar of love to our neighbor, with heart-felt affection: 'for God loves a cheerful giver'”

“The reason that truth is stranger than fiction is that fiction has to have a rational thread running through it in order to be believable, whereas reality may be totally irrational.”

“They say people who don’t learn from history are destined to repeat it.”

“They call it golf because all the other four-letter words were taken.”

“War is elevating, because the individual disappears before the great conception of the state... What a perversion of morality to wish to abolish heroism among men!”

“He listens to his trainer real good. He just doesn't listen to me. I still can't get him to do nothing.”

“Gold, on the contrary, though of little use compared with air or water, will exchange for a great quantity of other goods.”

Source : David Ricardo (1821). “On the Principles of Political Economy, and Taxation”, p.2

“Super-stardom doesn't scare or excite me. It's just another ingredient added to my world.”