"This excessive licence, which the anarchists think is the only true freedom, provides the stock, as it were, from which a tyrant grows."

-- Marcus Tullius Cicero

#Thinking Quotes #Tyrants Quotes #Democracy Quotes

“Be big, fast and flexible.”
“I want to be Lon Chaney. I want to be Karloff. I want to help people escape the mundane world. I want to make their skins crawl. And I want them to love it every bit as much as I do.”
“But hail thou Goddess sage and holy, Hail, divinest Melancholy, Whose saintly visage is too bright To hit the sense of human sight, And therefore to our weaker view O'erlaid with black, staid Wisdom's hue.”
“Don't look back, you can never look back”
“A society which reverences the attainment of riches as the supreme felicity will naturally be disposed to regard the poor as damned ... if only to justify itself for making their life a hell.”
“I don't know what your damage is, but in case you've failed to notice,we're in a bit of trouble here. Can you focus on something other than trying to get into my pants?" His lips curled. " I can multitask.”

Source : Alexandra Ivy (2010). “Beyond the Darkness”, p.46, Zebra Books
“You know a photo session is really a dance and making sure that they're comfortable and for me it's the music, the music, the music. That is everything.”

Source : Interview with Austin Allen, bigthink.com. April 21, 2010.
“When you're talking about death, you can't afford to make even one mistake.”

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