"A loyal friend laughs at your jokes when they're not so good, and sympathizes with your problems when they're not so bad."

“It’s not cool. I think being a wealthy member of the establishment is the antithesis of cool. Being a countercultural revolutionary is cool. So to the extent that you’ve made a billion dollars, you’ve probably become uncool.”

“Since Elizabeth, I certainly live a healthier lifestyle.”

Source : "I can't completely let go of drugs - and I don't want to" by Mat Snow, www.theguardian.com. August 23, 2006.

“Too many of my constituents, like many other hard working Americans across the country, are suffering unnecessarily due to our flawed health care system.”

“The delusion of entertainment is devoid of meaning. It may amuse us for a bit, but after the initial hit we are left with the dark feeling of desolation.”

“Poor is a state of mind. Broke is a state of wallet. You can fix being broke; it's not so easy to fix being poor.”

“This would have been less annoying had it been untrue.”

Source : Robert Charles Wilson (2004). “Blind Lake”, p.222, Macmillan

“The underlying foundation of all religion is performance - whether it's a tribal dance around a campfire to satisfy the fire god, or a dead religious activity performed week after week by an evangelical Christian with the intent of impressing his God. It's all religious performance, and God isn't impressed by our performance. What impresses Him is faith.”

“You want me to be a man,older than you, who goes by the name of Roullard.”