The writer is more concerned to know than to judge.
W. Somerset Maugham
But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus they laughed at Fulton they laughed at the Wright Brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.
Carl Sagan
To my embarrassment I was born in bed with a lady.
Wilson Mizner
I had a really good childhood up until I was nine then a classic case of divorce really affected me.
Kurt Cobain
It took us three years to build the NeXT computer. If we'd given customers what they said they wanted we'd have built a computer they'd have been happy with a year after we spoke to them - not something they'd want now.
Steve Jobs
Writing is the supreme solace.
W. Somerset Maugham
An emancipated society on the other hand would not be a unitary state but the realization of universality in the reconciliation of differences.
Theodor W. Adorno
It is only prudent never to place complete confidence in that by which we have even once been deceived.
Rene Descartes
I want my boys to have an understanding of people's emotions their insecurities people's distress and their hopes and dreams.
Princess Diana
No one was more shocked or angry than I was when we didn't find the weapons. I had a sickening feeling every time I thought about it. I still do.
George W. Bush
