"There are certain things--as, a spider, a ghost, The income-tax, gout, an umbrella for three-- That I hate, but the thing that I hate the most Is a thing they call the Sea."

“I may say that the only differences I expect to see revealed between the behavior of the rat and man (aside from enormous differences of complexity) lie in the field of verbal behavior.”

“A well-wrapped statistic is better than Hitler's 'big lie'; it misleads, yet it cannot be pinned on you.”

Source : How to Lie with Statistics (p. 9)

“I love art. But I love it because it is the expression of a living philosophy. It's the leftovers. Art is what's left over from life.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

“I try to transmit emotion and soul in my voice, but my true passion has always been writing. I feel more like a writer than anything else.”

Source : "MTV Push Artist of The Week: Romeo" by Jason Newman, www.mtv.com. October 03, 2011.

“A well-stocked mind is safe from boredom.”

“Love doesn't need a reason. Hate needs a reason.”

Source : Stephen Dobyns (2002). “The Porcupine's Kisses”, Penguin Books

“I didn't want to kill a man. I'm not capable of killing a man. I wanted to kill a tyrant.”

“Failure defeats losers, failure inspires winners.”