Identity Quotes

Biographies,

as generally written,

are not only misleading but false...

In most instances,

they commemorate a lie and cheat posterity out of the truth.

Some single mind must be master,

else there will be no agreement in anything.

Water, taken in moderation,

cannot hurt anybody.

Absorb what is useful,

discard what is not,

add what is uniquely your own.

Failure at some point in your life is inevitable,

but giving up is unforgivable.

Everything is physics and math.

The time is near at hand which must determine

whether Americans are to be free men or slaves.

I had three chairs

in my house;

one for solitude,

two for friendship,

three for society.

Don’t wait for someone else to take action;

report the truth,

even when it’s difficult.

You can kill a revolutionary,

but you can’t kill the revolution.

We should not give up and

we should not allow the problem to defeat us.

The thing is, I make music I like.

So it's just weird if someone says they don't like it.

Doing the best at this moment puts you in

the best place for the next moment.

Life is complicated.

Politics is complicated.

But sometimes you just have to take a leap of faith.

Marriage is neither heaven nor hell,

it is simply purgatory.

If the great American people will only keep their temper,

on both sides of the line, the troubles will come to an end,

and the question which now distracts the country

will be settled just as surely as all other difficulties of

like character which have originated in this government

have been adjusted.

You only have to do a very few things right in your life

so long as you don’t do too many things wrong.

There is no substitute for hard work.

Be happy with being you.

Love your flaws.

Own your quirks.

And know that you are

just as perfect

as anyone else,

exactly as you are.

If it wasn't for pick

pockets I'd have no sex life at all.