James Rozoff

“Stories nowadays are put in to squares, just like everything else. Stories are ever changing. They are like rivers that flow, but mankind is busy trying to dam them up and as a result, they become stagnant. They divert the water into square swimming pools, and then add chemicals to it in order to keep it sterile.”

“A thousand truths can be assembled in such a way as to create a colossal lie.”

“The definition of stupid is the inabilitly to see another side to an argument other than one's own.”

“Science is the process of obscuring the marvelous with explanations.”

“A truth told once is no match for a lie oft repeated.”

“True ideas seem to suffer from repetition, while stupid ones tend to flourish.”

“Facts, like living things, have a value in and of themselves and demand respect. Yet some people use them as means to an end, and dismiss them as soon as they are done using them.”

“Death is the night sky, the background against which the fleeting fireworks of life are displayed, an empty stage upon which the drama of life is played.”

“Once you realize that life and love are not things you can possess but forces that emanate through us and through all creation, then you can begin to appreciate the miracle you are a part of. You can release the burden and appreciate what you have had, have now and will have. Only trying to hold on to what you do not have causes pain. Letting go permits you to experience the incredible joy that comes to you at each and every moment.”

“As time and space are bent by gravity, so too is truth bent by power.”

“Intelligence is overrated. Two dogs who sniff each others’ butts learn more about each other in a moment than many humans understand about those they’ve known for a lifetime.”

“Ignorance is a horrible thing. But arrogance, the belief that knowing a little more than the ignorant makes you wise, is more horrible still.”

“Good enough may be an acceptable end, but it should never be an acceptable goal.”

“Technology has not made humanity any wiser, it has only made us more dangerous.”

“Life is like a box of chocolates: You get through what little actual good stuff there is right away, then you constantly fool yourself into believing there's still something good in whatever's left.”

“A politician is someone who knows everything about running a campaign and nothing about running a country.”

“We have created a world we don’t like, don’t understand and don’t trust, and we are too frightened to try to change it.”

“If you want a language to survive, capture great thoughts within it. William Shakespeare has ensured Elizabethan English will never perish from this world.”

“Once art served to educate and edify, now it distracts and amuses.”

“You may never live long enough to discover who you are, but by the time you reach middle age you will hopefully realize who you are not.”