There's one thing you can say for air pollution, you get utterly amazing sunrises.

I'm not cruel, sir, I won't shoot you in the guts, but I will make you realize how much you took your toes for granted.

Personally, I think the best motto for an educational establishment is: 'Or Would You Rather Be a Mule?'

[Y]ou weren't born with a talent for witchcraft: it didn't come easily; you worked hard at it because you wanted it. You forced the world to give it to you, no matter the price, and the price is and always will be high... People say you don't find witchcraft; witchcraft finds you. But you've found it, even if at the time you didn't know what it was you were finding, and you grabbed it by its scrawny neck and made it work for you.

Chaos is found in greatest abundance wherever order is being sought. It always defeats order, because it is better organized.

Anger is wonderful. It keeps you going. I'm angry about bankers. About the government.

If you want to change a whole people, then you start with the girls. It stands to reason: they learn faster, and they pass on what they learn to their children.