Mel Brooks

"Humor is just another defense against the universe." - Mel Brooks

Edwin Shlossberg

"The skill of writing is to create a context in which other people can think." - Edwin Schlossberg

John Locke

This quote was suggested by my mom!

"I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts." - John Locke

Joseph Brodsky

"Every individual ought to know at least on poet from cover to cover: if not as a guide through the world, then as a yardstick for the language." - Joseph Brodsky (Russian-American Poet)

Woody Allen

"Not only is there no God, but try getting a plumber on weekends." - Woody Allen

Bill Cosby

"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody." - Bill Cosby

Robert Mitchum

"Life’s hard. But it’s a lot harder if you’re stupid." – Robert Mitchum, The Friends of Eddie Coyle

Fyodor Dostoevsky

"You may be perfectly sure that if Columbus was happy, it was not after he had discovered America, but when he was discovering it." - Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Idiot (Book 3, Chapter 6)

George Carlin

"I'm not concerned about all hell breaking loose, but that a PART of hell will break loose... it'll be much harder to detect." - George Carlin

Evelyn Waugh

"It is a curious thing... that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilized taste." - Evelyn Waugh

Albert Camus

"Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity." - Albert Camus

Joseph Roux

"A fine quotation is a diamond on the finger of a man of wit, and a pebble in the hand of a fool." - Joseph Roux

Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Norm Papernick

"Those who can laugh without cause have either found the true meaning of happiness or have gone stark raving mad." - Norm Papernick

Blade Runner (1982), film

“The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long - and you have burned so very, very brightly, Roy.” – Eldon Tyrell, Ridley Scott's Blade Runner (1982)

John F. Kennedy

"We must never forget that art is not a form of propaganda; it is a form of truth." - John F. Kennedy

François Mauriac

"'Tell me what you read and I'll tell you who you are' is true enough, but I'd know you better if you told me what you reread." - François Mauriac (French Writer)

George Orwell

"All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others." - George Orwell

George Bernard Shaw

"Martyrdom... is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability." - George Bernard Shaw

Oscar Wilde

"It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating." - Oscar Wilde

Thomas Jefferson

"I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it." - Thomas Jefferson

Lawrence Durrell

"It takes a lot of energy and a lot of neurosis to write a novel. If you were really sensible, you’d do something else.” – Lawrence Durrell (British Novelist)

Blade Runner (1982), film

“I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.” – Roy Batty, Ridley Scott's Blade Runner (1982)

Glaser and Way

"The problem with any unwritten law is that you don't know where to go to erase it." - Glaser and Way

Betrand Russell

"The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution." - Bertrand Russell