“We are all equal before the law, but not before those appointed to apply it.” – Stanislaw J. Lec, poet and aphorist (1909-1966)

“So long as you write what you wish to write, that is all that matters; and whether it matters for ages or only for hours, nobody can say. But to sacrifice a hair of the head of your vision, a shade of its colour, in deference to some Headmaster with a silver pot in his hand or to some professor with a measuring-rod up his sleeve, is the most abject treachery.” – Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own (1929)

“[The play] ended in a massive attack by U.S. troops, who illustrated egalitarian principles by slaughtering hidalgos, peons, and enslaved Indians alike.” - Michael Feingold; This Week’s Hot New Plays; The Village Voice
  (New York); Oct 2, 2007

“Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.” – Rachel Carson, ecologist

“Trouble is only opportunity in work clothes.” – Henry J. Kaiser

“There is only one true thing: Instantly paint what you see. When you’ve got it, you’ve got it. When you haven’t, you begin again. All the rest is humbug.” – Edouard Manet

“Don’t knock the weather. If it didn’t change once in a while, nine out of 10 people couldn’t start a conversation.” – Kin Hubbard