Nobody admires anyone else without qualification. If they do they're after an image, not a person.

You simply collapsed, sir. In layman's terms, your body revoked its permission for you to continue heaping abuse upon it.

You're ten pints of crazy in a one-pint glass.

You can knock down kingdoms on a whim. What you need is someone to make sure you don't get hit by a carriage when you cross the street.

This is where you and I are headed.... Look for us in history books and you'll find us in the margins. Look for us in legends and you might just find us celebrated

It was strange, how readily authority could be conjured with nothing but a bit of strutting jackassery.

As for history, we are living in its ruins. And as for biographies, we are living with the consequences of all the decisions ever made in them. I tend not to read them for pleasure. It’s not unlike carefully scrutinizing the map when one has already reached the destination.