"Terrorism" is what we call the violence of the weak, and we condemn it; "war" is what we call the violence of the strong, and we glorify it.

Elitism is the slur directed at merit by mediocrity.

God cannot be solemn, or he would not have blessed man with the incalculable gift of laughter.

If the devil could be persuaded to write a bible, he would title it, "You Only Live Once."

Life is, if anything, the art of combination. Of discrimination. Of freely picking one's own personal pattern out of a hundred choices. Not letting it be picked for you—either by the Establishment, or by the Rebels. Conformity of Hip is no better than Conformity of Square.

A cynic is not merely one who reads bitter lessons from the past, his is also one who is permanently disappointed in the future.

All significant achievement comes from daring from experiment from the willingness to risk failure.