"But I'm alone on my throne All these riches"

“Animals are molded by natural forces they do not comprehend. To their minds there is no past and no future. There is only the everlasting present of a single generation, its trails in the forest, its hidden pathways in the the air and in the sea. There is nothing in the Universe more alone than Man. He has entered into the strange world of history.”

“I can never tell when something is funny. I just have to do it onstage and find out.”

“People who know the truth have no business to allow the powers of darkness to silence them on any point that matters.”

“Whatever it takes to get everybody loose, I'm going to do it!”

“The old, subjective, stagnant, indolent and wretched life for woman has gone. She has as many resources as men, as many activities beckon her on. As large possibilities swell and inspire her heart.”

Source : Anna Julia Cooper (1990). “A Voice From the South”, p.70, Oxford University Press

“Homesickness is a bit like seasickness. You don't know how awful it is unti you get it, and when you do, it hits you right in the top of the stomach and you want to die.”

“The question was heatedly debated of how much Western culture should be brought into China.”

Source : Chen Ning Yang (2005). “Selected Papers, 1945-1980, with Commentary”, p.247, World Scientific

“Several girlfriends are easier to handle than one wife.”

Source : "Hugh Hefner: “I Almost Swallowed A Sex Toy”", www.huffingtonpost.com. January 16, 2009.