I enjoy collecting quotations. When I find a choice one I pounce on it like a lepidopterist. My day is made. When I lose one because I did not copy it out at once I feel bereft. – R.I. Fitzhenry, preface to The David & Charles Book of Quotations, September 198
Covetousness is both the beginning and the end of the devils alphabet – the first vice in corrupt nature that moves, and the last which dies. – Michel de Montaigne
Violence is a part of America. I dont want to single out rap music. Lets be honest. Americas the most violent country in the history of the world, thats just the way it is. Were all affected by it. – Spike Lee
The destroyer of weeds, thistles and thorns is a benefactor, whether he soweth grain or not. – Robert Ingersoll, inscription to Volume I, Collected Works