Strange & Unusual Sayings

The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism.

The first step in the direction of a better life is to acknowledge the ugly truth. The second step is to overcome the fear of speaking out.

I have been a soldier for twenty years, and in all that time, I have never seen a man so brave as to be afraid of a woman.

I can promise to be sincere, but not to be impartial.

There are some enterprises in which a complete obnubilation of the brain seems indispensable.

I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves.

The cat, you know, is a perfect symbol of beauty and cruelty.

The sea is only the embodiment of a supernatural and wonderful existence. It is nothing but love and emotion; it is the 'living infinite'.

I want to taste and glory in each day, and never be afraid to suffer. When I am grown, I shall be a poet.

No matter what you do it's bound to be a waste of time in the end so you might as well go mad.

Holy the cocks of the angels!

Language is a virus from outer space.

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.

For what can war, but acts of war still breed, Till injur'd truth from violence be freed?

When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him.

I am a devil, and you, my friend, are a demon.

I have been in love with a great many women, and never loved one of them.

I have been in Sorrow's kitchen and licked out all the pots. Then I have stood on the peak of the mountain and caught the honey of the sun in my hair.

In Spain, the dead are more alive than the dead of any other country in the world.