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For art to exist, for any sort of aesthetic activity to exist, a certain physiological precondition is indispensable: intoxication.

When I was a kid, I would do stupid things on my bike. I'd jump any ramp, I'd jump over people, I'd jump over things - always crashing, never hurting myself badly but always wanting to take physical risks.

Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well.

I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth.

It is hard for any one to be an honest politician who is not born and bred a Dissenter.

Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.

I am like Howard Beale. When he came out of the rain and he was like, none of this makes any sense. I am that guy.

When a man says money can do anything, that settles it: he hasn't got any.

You don't want to treat any one person as oracular.

If you make any money, the government shoves you in the creek once a year with it in your pockets, and all that don't get wet you can keep.

If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men.

China once again disgusts the world, portraying the image of a cruel, perverted people devoid of any feelings towards animals.

Always leave enough time in your life to do something that makes you happy, satisfied, even joyous. That has more of an effect on economic well-being than any other single factor.

Any revival in which I am involved is liable to change.

Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience.

A true leader has to have a genuine open-door policy so that his people are not afraid to approach him for any reason.

My view is that marriage is a relationship between a man and a woman. That's the position I've had for some time, and I don't intend to make any adjustments at this point... Or ever, by the way.

An apology? Bah! Disgusting! Cowardly! Beneath the dignity of any gentleman, however wrong he might be.

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You're on your own, and you know what you know. And you are the guy who'll decide where to go.

I'm getting better now, but I used to be incredibly awkward with girls. I think any guy who says 'I've never had an awkward moment with a girl' is a liar.

I can't be smug, because I know that you can lose anything at any point. And I can't be angry, because I haven't lost it.

The modern mind is in complete disarray. Knowledge has stretched itself to the point where neither the world nor our intelligence can find any foot-hold. It is a fact that we are suffering from nihilism.

A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism.

There is more selfishness and less principle among members of Congress than I had any conception of, before I became President of the U.S.

I don't think the Egyptian people want to see what is a very clear effort to obtain political and economic rights turn into any kind of new form of oppression or suppression or violence or letting loose criminal elements.

I think the teaching profession contributes more to the future of our society than any other single profession.

For what is love itself, for the one we love best? An enfolding of immeasurable cares which yet are better than any joys outside our love.

Leaders aren't born they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the price we'll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal.

It is odd but agitation or contest of any kind gives a rebound to my spirits and sets me up for a time.

I'm not really conservative. I'm conservative on certain things. I believe in less government. I believe in fiscal responsibility and all those things that maybe Republicans used to believe in but don't any more.