Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savages whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men. – Ayn Rand
That was always the difference between Muhammad Ali and the rest of us. He came, he saw, and if he didnt entirely conquer — he came as close as anybody we are likely to see in the lifetime of this doomed generation. – Hunter S. Thompson
Ive discovered that Ive never had much respect for money, and that has meant that money has ended up ruling me a little bit more than it should have. So Im trying to learn – at this late stage in life! – to actually control that. – Rufus Sewell
I – and I still consider myself, Im sorry to tell you, a Marxist and a Communist, but I couldnt help noticing how all the best Marxist analyses are always analyses of a failure. – Slavoj Zizek