A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation. – Edmund Burke
Under the pressure of the cares and sorrows of our mortal condition, men have at all times, and in all countries, called in some physical aid to their moral consolations – wine, beer, opium, brandy, or tobacco. – Edmund Burke
When ancient opinions and rules of life are taken away, the loss cannot possibly be estimated. From that moment, we have no compass to govern us, nor can we know distinctly to what port to steer. – Edmund Burke
When bad men combine, the good must associate else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle. – Edmund Burke
When you go off in the world and make your life, and you come back to your home town, and you find your old high-school friends driving in the same circles, doing the same things, thats what Hollywoods like. Its a little block, little town. It doesnt really grow or change. – Robert Rodriguez