"Newspapers, magazines and other publications have the constitutional right to be offensive, even disgusting. As evidence of that, just watch this space regularly."

“The connection which formerly existed between the Government and banks was in reality injurious to both, as well as to the general interests of the community at large.”

“It is natural to men to judge of things less known, by some similitude they observe, or think they observe, between them and things more familiar or better known. In many cases, we have no better way of judging. And, where the things compared have really a great similitude in their nature, when there is reason to think that they are subject to the same laws, there may be a considerable degree of probability in conclusions drawn from analogy.”

Source : Thomas Reid, William Hamilton, Harry M. Bracken, Thomas Reid, Sir William Hamilton (1967). “Philosophical Works”, p.236, Georg Olms Verlag

“People think writing a children's book is something you could do in an afternoon but it's actually really hard.”

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

“When I consider what people generally want in calculating, I found that it always is a number. I also observed that every number is composed of units, and that any number may be divided into units. Moreover, I found that every number which may be expressed from one to ten, surpasses the preceding by one unit: afterwards the ten is doubled or tripled just as before the units were: thus arise twenty, thirty, etc. until a hundred: then the hundred is doubled and tripled in the same manner as the units and the tens, up to a thousand;… so forth to the utmost limit of numeration.”

“Can we save the live demo for later, please? Bean Sidhe in angst, here.”

“I believe he [Saddam Hussein] wants a better relationship with America.”

“And as ridiculous as it may sound, sometimes all any of us needs in life is for someone to hold our hand and walk next to us.”

“I find that the kinds of music Im drawn to are those that a lot of people take for granted.”

Source : Interview with Steven Soderbergh, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 29, 2008.