"We are the bullies of the earth: strong, foul, coarse, greedy, careless, indifferent to others, laying waste as we proceed, leaving wounds, welts, lesions, suppurations on the earth body, increasingly engulfed by our own ordure and, finally, abysmally ignorant of the way the world works, crowing our superiority over all life."

“I had a new idea on the way to this meeting this morning, but that doesn't mean we should put it in the platform.”

“Love is every bit as violent and dangerous as murder.”

Source : Knut Hamsun, Gunnvor Stallybrass (2001). “A wanderer plays on muted strings”, Green Integer Books

“In the old days, spies had done they'd done because they loved their country, because they believed in what they were doing. But he'd never been given a choice. Nowadays, spies weren't employed. They were used.”

“True, I am in love with suffering, but I do not know if I deserve the honor.”

“If man limits himself to a satisfied animal existence, and asks from life only what such an existence can give, the higher values of life at once disappear.”

Source : Christopher Dawson, Robert Royal (2009). “Enquiries Into Religion and Culture (The Works of Christopher Dawson)”, p.260, CUA Press

“I think the millions of people who had been able to renegotiate their mortgages so they are paying lower interest rates are better off.”

Source : "Guest: Obama Advisor David Axelrod". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.realclearpolitics.com. September 2, 2012.

“It's a mistake for Hollywood to impose themselves on the gaming space. Not only is it arrogant, but it hasn't really worked.”

“I change the world, the world changes me.”