I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.

Kill or be killed, eat or be eaten, was the law; and this mandate, down out of the depths of Time.

You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.

Intelligent men are cruel. Stupid men are monstrously cruel.

The greatest of the arts is the conquering of men.

The scab is a traitor to his God, his mother, and his class.

Life is so short. I would rather sing one song than interpret the thousand.