The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes "Awww!”
(Jack Kerouac)

Perfection is achieved not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
(Antoine De Saint-Exupery)

Actually, I'm not all that interested in the subject of photography. Once the picture is in the box, I'm not all that interested in what happens next. Hunters, after all, aren't cooks.
(Henri Cartier-Bresson)

Of course the people don't want war. But the people can be brought to the bidding of their leader. All you have to do is tell them they're being attacked and denounce the pacifists for somehow a lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country. (Hermann Goering)

You know, one of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq to the war on terror. (George Bush)

Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime.
(Rupert Pupkin)

I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the heart's affections and the truth of imagination. (John Keats)