"Every day has its great grief or its small anxiety. ... One cloud is dispelled, another forms. There is hardly one day in a hundred of real joy and bright sunshine."

“I cannot and don't really want to control my mind, soul, or heart when I write and must recognize that I don't think about the readers at that moment of writing.”

“Most calves used by the dairy industry have their horns BURNED or GOUGED out of their heads.”

“If we don't get a grip on government spending, there will be no growth.”

Source : "George Osborne's speech to the Conservative party conference in full". www.theguardian.com. October 4, 2010.

“Oh man. If I had magic powers... I would hope that I would use them for good. I think I would. But I would do something pretty trivial like making traffic disappear.”

“My goal in life is to make people think. If I do that, I've been a success.”

Source : "'Greening of America' Author To Present Lecture Series". Yale Bulletin and Calendar, Volume 29, No. 4, archives.news.yale.edu. September 29, 2000.

“An original is a creation motivated by desire.”

“One may desire a spurious respect and precedence among one's fellow monks, and the veneration of outsiders. "Both monks and laity should think it was my doing. They should accept my authority in all matters great or small." This is a fool's way of thinking. His self-seeking and conceit just increase.”

“It's not unsporting to thrash a cowardly cad,' said Simmons. 'Everyone knows you don't fight like a gentleman.' 'That might be called an oxymoron,' Ramses said. 'Oh--sorry. Bad form to use long words. Look it up when you get home.' The poor devil didn't know how to fight, like a gentleman or otherwise.”