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“I'll tell you what's at the bottom of it. If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you.”
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“The devil's finest trick is to persuade you that he does not exist.”
Source : Charles Baudelaire (2001). “The Prose Poems and La Fanfarlo”, p.76
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“I never go outside unless I look like Joan Crawford the movie star. If you want to see the girl next door, go next door.”
Source : Interview in "Los Angeles Times", 1937.
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“Deeply saddened by the news of the terrorist attacks in central London, the Holy Father offers his fervent prayers for the victims and for all those who mourn.”
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“Luck Doesn't exist, only hard (work) works”
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“I think that a society cannot live without a certain number of irrational beliefs. They are protected from criticism and analysis because they are irrational.”
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“Seek out a person whom you admire and respect for the support you need - that we all need from time to time.”
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“The universe is full of dead people who lived by assumption.”
Source : Alan Dean Foster (2011). “Splinter of the Mind's Eye: Star Wars Legends”, p.90, Del Rey
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“Watching I watch myself, what I see is my creation as though entering through my eyes perception is conception into an eye more crystal clear water of thoughts, what I watch watches me, I am the creation of what I see”
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“One evening, when we were already resting on the floor of our hut, dead tired, soup bowls in hand, a fellow prisoner rushed in and asked us to run out to the assembly grounds and see the wonderful sunset. Standing outside we saw sinister clouds glowing in the west and the whole sky alive with clouds of ever-changing shapes and colors, from steel blue to blood red. The desolate grey mud huts provided a sharp contrast, while the puddles on the muddy ground reflected the glowing sky. Then, after minutes of moving silence, one prisoner said to another, "How beautiful the world could be...”
