A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep. (Saul Bellow)
Income tax returns are the most imaginative fiction being written today. (Herman Wouk)
I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations, and always have done since I grew old and wary enough to detect its presence. (J. R. R. Tolkien)
Anyone who takes himself too seriously always runs the risk of looking ridiculous; anyone who can consistently laugh at himself does not. (Vaclav Havel)
One can pass on responsibility, but not the discretion that goes with it. (Benvenuto Cellini)
Be more prompt to go to a friend in adversity than in prosperity. (Chilo)
Stoop and you'll be stepped on; stand tall and you'll be shot at. (Carlos A. Urbizo)
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler. (Henry David Thoreau)
A smiling face is half the meal. (Latvian Proverb)
The camera makes everyone a tourist in other people's reality, and eventually in one's own. (Susan Sontag)