"I try to greet my friends with a drink in my hand, a warm smile on my face, and great music in the background, because that's what gets a dinner party off to a fun start."

“Schizophrenia is hearing voices, not doing voices.”

Source : "Stand-up Comedy and Mental Illness: A Conversation with Maria Bamford". Interview with David Haglund, www.slate.com. May 10, 2012.

“It is tragic to have to realize that the best I had to give as a soldier, obedience, and loyalty, was exploited for purposes which could not be recognized at the time, and that I did not see that there is a limit set even for a soldier's performance to his duty. That is my fate.”

Source : "The Trial of the Germans". Book by Eugene Davidson, p. 341, 1997.

“The big time is not a place; it's the state of your heart. It's not something you get; it's something you become.”

“Check this out,” Nine says. He holds up a small purple stone and then places it on the back of his hand. The stone slides into his hand—through it. Nine turns his hand over just as the stone pops out in his palm. “Pretty cool, right?” he asks me, waggling his eyebrows. “Uh, but what is it supposed to do?” Eight asks, looking up from his own Chest. “I dunno. Impress girls?” Nine looks over at me. “Did it work?” “Um . . .” I hesitate, trying not to roll my eyes too hard. “Not really. But, I’ve seen guys teleport so I’m kind of hard to impress.” “Tough crowd.”

“If individuals can be born again, why can't cities, made up of many individuals, be born again?”

Source : C. Peter Wagner (2006). “The Church in the Workplace: How God's People Can Transform Society”, p.43, Gospel Light Publications

“When life takes away the forms that you thought were the foundation of your life, what's left? The life that needs no foundation - that is the foundation. The formless. The essence.”

“Speaking of Sir Winston Churchill: He mobilized the English language and sent it into battle.”

“I wouldn't say I'm a feminist, but I don't like girls pretending to be stupid because it's easier.”