"One who no longer wishes to laugh had best marry in France; they will soon find that it is no laughing matter."

“To be under occupation, to be under siege, is not a good inspiration for poetry.”

“The men, who labour and digest things most, Will be much apter to despond than boast; For if your author be profoundly good, 'Twill cost you dear before he's understood.”

Source : Wentworth Dillon (4th earl of Roscommon.) (1684). “An essay on translated verse”, p.11

“Work isn't to make money; you work to justify life.”

“Well, politics is much more severe than entertainment. You have to hit those points, in politics, word for word. You have to remember the date. You have to remember the website. You have to rehearse stories that might be asked, have anecdotes ready for questions that might come up.”

“It's certainly easier to implement bad security and make it illegal for anyone to notice than it is to implement good security.”

“Take off all your clothes and walk down the street waving a machete and firing an Uzi, and terrified citizens will phone the police and report, There's a naked person outside!”

“Money is not the goal. Money has no value. The value comes from the dreams money helps achieve.”

“With hacky sack, somebody brought one to recess in sixth grade and it kind of all went downhill from there! The same with the yoyos! One kid brought a yoyo one day and people started getting them. I just kept at it and found that I really loved it.”