"Not just beautiful, though--the stars are like the trees in the forest, alive and breathing. And they're watching me."

“The way to be patriotic in America is not only to love America, but to love the duty that lies nearest to our hand, and to know that in performing it we are serving our country.”

“Dreams age faster than dreamers.”

“I have kleptomania. But when it gets bad, I take something for it.”

“When people are nervous, some people move around. Some people scratch their leg.”

“The three most harmful addictions are heroin, carbohydrates, and a monthly salary.”

Source : Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2010). “The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms”, p.39, Random House

“I read sometime around 1938 of Jewish fines and some street actions against them. But I was too concerned with U-Boats and the naval problems to be concerned about Jews.”

Source : Said to Leon Goldensohn, May 02, 1946. "The Nuremberg Interviews". Book by Leon Goldensohn, 2004.

“No secret that I enjoy motor sports and cars in particular, building cars, building custom cars. Part of that scene. I love the flow of the cars and I love the art part of them. I love the sleekness and the uniqueness of each car that you can dream up.”

“Anarchism is "stateless socialism.”

Source : "Stateless Socialism: Anarchism". "The Political Philosophy of Bakunin" by G.P. Maximoff, dwardmac.pitzer.edu. 1953.