"Whenever we read the obscene stories, the voluptuous debaucheries, the cruel and torturous executions, the unrelenting vindictiveness, with which more than half of the Bible is filled, it would be more consistent that we call it the word of a demon than the word of God. It is a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalize mankind". : Thomas Paine
"I do not believe in the creed professed by the Jewish Church, by the Roman Church, by the Greek Church, by the Turkish Church, by the Protestant Church, nor by any Church that I know of. My own mind is my own Church. Each of those churches accuse the other of unbelief; and for my own part, I disbelieve them all." : Thomas Paine
"Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness." -Oprah Winfrey
"I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain. " The Bene Gesserit Litany Against Fear/Dune-Frank Herbert
"A corporation is an ingenious device for obtaining individual wealth without individual responsibility" Ambrose Bierce.
"If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome." -Michael Jordan
Most people would like to be delivered from temptation but would like it to keep in touch." -- Robert Orben
"Life isn’t divided into genres. It’s a horrifying, romantic, tragic, comical, science-fiction cowboy detective novel. You know, with a bit of pornography if you're lucky." Alan Moore
"A man once told me that you step out of your door in the morning, and you are already in trouble. The only question is are you on top of that trouble or not?" -Denzel Washington
