Dei, assistetemi.

The two symbols of the Republican Party: an elephant, and a big fat white guy who is threatened by change.
Music is essentially useless, as life is.
Nothing is impossible. Some things are just less likely than others.
Shake off all the fears of servile prejudices, under which weak minds are servilely crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her tribunal for every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear.
The great thing about a computer notebook is that no matter how much you stuff into it, it doesn't get bigger or heavier.
When I came back to Dublin I was courtmartialed in my absence and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence.
In the absences of a decent time machine, fiction remains the most sturdy vehicle for visiting other eras.